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Merrickville Locks 1840
Merrick's Mills; ca. 1840s
John Burrows, watercolour over pencil
(Archives of Ontario - from Passfield, 1982)

Visible in this painting are the three detached locks at Merrickville, the blockhouse, Merrick’s Mills (on the right) and the growing community of Merrickville. The upper locks is crossed with a King Post Truss bridge, a second bridge crosses Merrick’s Snie and a third bridge is on top of Merrick’s Mills’ dam. A steamer is passing by a storage building where The Depot sits today.

Read about the history of this lockstation


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