Eisenhower Lock

The Eisenhower Lock is one of the seven canal locks on the St Lawrence River leg of the St Lawrence Seaway.[1] It is one of two locks located near Massena, New York.

The lock was constructed on the portion of the St Lawrence River known as the "Long Sault" by the US Army Corps of Engineers.[2] The lock was originally named the "Robinson Bay Lock" and was renamed after President Dwight Eisenhower after his term was over. The lock, and the nearby Bertrand H. Snell Lock are part of the Wiley-Dondero Ship Channel. Construction was complicated by the need to not interrupt the waterflow to nearby hydro-electric installations.

In 1972 a tanker, the MV Venus, exploded while transiting the lock.[3]

On June 18, 2015, the cruise ship Saint Laurent collided with the lock, causing it to be drained, and closed for almost two days.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System Map, accessed 2009-07-05
  2. ↑ William H. Becker (1959). "From the Atlantic to the Great Lakes: A History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the St. Lawrence Seaway" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  3. ↑ "Explosions on the MV Venus Kill Master [sic]" (PDF). Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council. November 1974. p. 207. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  4. ↑ Aiswarya Lakshmi (2015-06-22). "Tundra Aground in St. Lawrence Seaway". Marine Link. Retrieved 2015-06-22. The 185 meter long drybulk vessel MV Tundra (30,892dwt, built 2009) owned by Canfornav, part of the Canadian Forest Navigation Group, has run aground overnight on the St. Lawrence Seaway at Lancaster, Ontario in Canada.
  5. ↑ "Montreal's Saint Laurent cruise ship hits lock en route to Toronto". CBC News. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-22. Nineteen injured passengers and three injured crew members had to be removed from the ship with the help of fire officials late last night. All of the injuries appeared to be minor, according to FleetPro Passenger Ship Management, the company that manages the ship.
  6. ↑ "Lock traffic on track". Trade Wind News. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  7. ↑ Theresa Norton Masek (2015-06-22). "Haimark Cancels June 26 Saint Laurent Departure". Travel Pulse News. Retrieved 2015-06-22. Haimark Line is operating the 210-passenger Saint Laurent on a long-term charter from FleetPro, the ship’s management company. It is now operating its inaugural season in New England, the Great Lakes and Maritime Canada through the fall foliage season. From late fall to early spring 2016, the Saint Laurent is scheduled to operate in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
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