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Category: Civil Engineering

Corduroy Roads Made Travelling a Bumpy, Bone-Rattling Experience!

Corduroy Roads Made Travelling a Bumpy, Bone-Rattling Experience!

Among the earliest means of transporting tourists in present-day Kawartha Lakes were the dreaded corduroy roads. Fashioned from logs laid side by side through the bush, they were […]
An Early Car Passes Under the Kirkfield Lift Lock

An Early Car Passes Under the Kirkfield Lift Lock

A group of men look on admiringly as a car passes beneath the Kirkfield Lift Lock. Initially bought by the very wealthy, the private automobile had by the […]
A Feat of Engineering: A Steamboat Being Locked Through the Kirkfield Lift Locks, Trent Valley Canal

A Feat of Engineering: A Steamboat Being Locked Through the Kirkfield Lift Locks, Trent Valley Canal

This hand-tinted postcard shows the Kirkfield Lift Lock as it appeared during its first decade of operation. Opened in 1907, it remains the second-highest hydraulic lift lock in […]
“Ahoy, There!” The Stoney Lake Passes Through the Kirkfield Lift Lock

“Ahoy, There!” The Stoney Lake Passes Through the Kirkfield Lift Lock

This Edwardian-era postcard depicts the Stoney Lake being locked through the Kirkfield Lift Lock not long after it opened for traffic in 1907. Launched in 1904, the Stoney […]