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Jones Falls post-1843
Jones Falls; post-1843
William Clegg, watercolour
(Public Archives of Canada - from Passfield, 1982)

Although the perspective is a bit wonky in this painting, it does show the flight of three locks, the turning basin and the upper lock. The defensible lockmaster’s house sits above the upper lock as it does today. The blacksmith’s shop and a storage shed are located to the left. To the right of the basin is the wooden guardhouse. On the right are some of the lockstation staff housing.

Read about the history of this lockstation


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