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The locks bypass the rapids of the St. Marys River where the water falls 7 meters (21 feet) from Lake Superior. St. Mary's Rapids, in French Sault Ste. Marie, gives its name to both the Canadian and American cities at the site. The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the United States and Canada permits vehicular traffic to pass over the locks.
Since the 1980s, an invasive species of mussel known as Zebra mussels have been multiplying in the Great Lakes. Likely introduced via the ballast water of foreign ships entering the lakes through the locks, they kill native fish, crowd out other native species, and encrust piers, ships, and pipes. Revised shipping regulations have been designed and are currently under consideration to prevent the introduction of other non-native species to the Great Lakes ecosystem.
The American locks form part of a 1.6 mile (2.6 km) canal formally named the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal. They are owned and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The first American locks were completed in May 1855.
Davis Lock was built in 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos. It is 411 meters (1350 feet) long, 24 meters (80 feet) wide and 7 meters (23 feet) deep. It is now closed because it is too shallow for the modern ships that use the locks.
Sabin Lock was built in 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus. It is also closed because it has the same dimensions as the Davis Lock.
MacArthur Lock was built in 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1. It is 244 meters (800 feet) long, 24 meters (80 feet) wide and 9 meters (31 feet) deep. This is large enough to handle ocean going vessels that must first pass through the smaller locks in the Welland CanalThe Welland Canal is a ship canal that runs 43. 4 km from Port Colborne, Ontario on Lake Erie to Port Weller, Ontario on Lake Ontario. It allows ships to avoid Niagara Falls by traversing the Niagara Escarpment. About 40 million tonnes of cargo passes thr.
Poe Lock was built in 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the, after the Saint Lawrence SeawayThe Saint Lawrence Seaway is a series of canals along the Saint Lawrence River, that permits ocean-going vessels to reach the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean. It begins at the port of Montreal, where the South Shore Canal (St-Lambert and Ste-Catherine had opened. It is 366 meters (1200 feet) long, 34 meters (110 feet) wide and 10 meters (32 feet) deep. It can take ships carrying 72,000 tons of cargo. The Poe is the only lock that can handle the large lakers used on the upper lakes.
Canadian lock, the only lock on the Ontario side, was built in 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes. It broke down in 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train and a new lock was built within the old lock. The lock was reopened in 1998 and is used for recreation and tour boats. It is 76 meters long, 16 meters wide and 3 meters deep.
The Sault locks are a well developed tourist site that offers viewing stands to watch the locks at work and tour boat trips through the locks. There is also a Soo Locks Festival.
There is a project, as yet unfunded, to built a new large lock to replace the unused Davis and Sabin locks.
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