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eonimiaaion, Iis, on Iho 131h July, IR26, iiieal Ren. Msnii
i*i a<lapr tbe work to tbe ore of ateam powoi, incloding the
Fnliiiyeinunt of the loekJ to iidmit ~essel*u? 180 feet in
lenpth. This wn~ vigi>roosly oppoled by fiir J. (i. SmyLh,
willi tbe I?BS"lt tbst CUI. Hy w~J dirocte<l to oomme.oo
~>nstiuution?li tbo originsl linar.
Al*>ut the middle of September, 1886, ('ol. Bglind hi.
nalirtaot, Lieut. I>ool?, rer~hed Wull, nad yhortly afteF
waidr innubrorate<l the ~aoi?k b~? laying out tho eiiti?nnee of
tho wnl~l at '< Sleigh B?~," itn p?csanl; lueiition Under the
shudow of the LllYtClll blODk BF thc p;llliilm811Dpy bUild-
in~:s. Thc iml>o,DinoB of the ocunsipn w?r signeli.~d~y
Ihu ii~i?iih~, s fow dayJ Rflor<snl?<ls, of the tiorcriii,r. Ilnil
Dall,ounio, whu foimnlly applnved of tho loo3tion solootetl.
Thc Brat B(BP1 lllkCn in B?tual Uonsll.uClioil <onai~ted in
tho boildiiie: of u bi?idguiioioJ8 tiie Oltara RivBr frontiog
the (:haudi8i~ ~illR, on tho aite of tba Iiiruent imn I>l?idge,
in oi-<(ci? to get in niiilerial nnd suppliar, tae e~eelion ol
bnn?acka for tbe mun and ma~a~.ines Ei>r alorar, and the
oonatluction uf n load 1i?om Ilis Chnudielr ~?alla to IaoE
I?lniid, on tba nideau Rivel? Tbesa urorks wore eomplotad
~,~i the clme OE IR21, exeepting tho biidge, whi?b ~aa~ not
oponu<l until a ysai Inter. In tha eonstructioo of ihere
wol?kr wo B~at meet with tCe niimeJ of' tho man rho built
tho more impoi?iant atlnuturer oT tlie ci~nal-tha ~on. Thol.
~icl[;iy of R~?Mwu, Johii Redpath of %ona?eal, snd Xobeit
I>runimond o? I(iligalon.
In 1821 Ihc ubioY uontractr woio bivuo olit-Jdi?. PeniiJ~-
hitboi? takio~ tbo euaisatioo for t~ie (iirr oight loolts i<t tbe
Otui~rs niror ood, Pi: Mol(ny tlio <;onstru~tioii of thaae
eigbt lo~;ka, aa~ woll 3a thore nt Llnrlwoll's and ~Io~ahck;
JIi?. lladpnlh tho ai?aat worka at.looar RiIIJ. ?deRs?a. ~'eoe-
lon& Bendeiaon th. uarth esoa.ation nn<l graidi.g fi?om
Ihe o,ir~nriee loclia to ?owi Bwnmp and thenee to Ilob~-
baok, whilat II?. Robort Di?ummood had Lbo gin~81o. Milln
lo<;ka ?nd Lhe catenrive dytea nnd dam neni? theio.
01i ths ZBLh Oclober, 1821, Gol. Dy.with Lho erperience