Lock #5, Shubenacadie Canal
53 Kings Road, Wellington, Nouvelle-Écosse, B2T, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1996/02/19
Autre nom(s)
Lock #5, Shubenacadie Canal
Lock Five, Shubenacadie Canal
Shubenacadie Canal, Lock 5
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1828/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/10/26
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Lock #5 of the Shubenacadie Canal chain is located in Wellington, N.S. It is a masonry structure approximately 142 feet long by 17 feet wide by 22 feet deep that connects Grand Lake to the Shubenacadie River system. Provincial registration applies to structures and the surrounding land.
Valeur patrimoniale
Lock #5 in the Shubenacadie Canal system is valued as a representation of a significant civil engineering achievement and because of its important role in the history of Nova Scotia transportation. It was an integral part of a 115 kilometer, trans-province inland waterway that consisted of nine locks, seven lakes, two inclined planes (ship railway) and the Shubenacadie River. The Shubenacadie Canal linked Halifax Harbour to the Bay of Fundy between 1826 and 1870.
Lock #5 was designed by engineer Frances Hall and was first constructed in 1828, rebuilt in 1856 by C. W. Fairbanks and restored in 1991.
The Lock 5 Canal site reportedly housed up to thirty masons and labourers during construction and on the east side of the site there was a shipyard that built the steam vessels and barges that plied the Canal route. Lock keeper William King also lived on the site and kept valuable logbooks and diaries that gave insight into life on the Shubenacadie Canal in the mid-nineteenth century.
Source: Provincial Heritage Property Registry files, File No. 00PNS0208
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-Defining Elements of Lock 5 in the Shubenacadie Canal system relate to its use as a functioning lock and include:
- elements that connect water levels of Grand Lake and the Shubenacadie River;
- building materials of large blocks of cut granite, set in mortar;
- steel and cast iron gears and operating machinery;
- lock gates constructed of heavy timber with steel reinforcing.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Nouvelle-Écosse
Autorité de reconnaissance
Province de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act
Type de reconnaissance
Bien inscrit au répertoire provincial
Date de reconnaissance
1996/02/19
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1856/01/01 à 1856/01/01
1991/01/01 à 1991/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Technologie et ingénierie
- Économies en développement
- Communications et transport
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Transport maritime
- Canal de navigation ou ouvrages de canal
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Provincial Registry found at Heritage Property Program, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3A6
Réfère à une collection
Records relating to the building of the Shubenacadie Canal are available at the Dartmouth Heritage Musuem, inlcuding plans and logbooks of the canal keeper.
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
00PNS0208
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o