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Built in 1848, this lift lock is 15 feet wide, 21 feet deep from top to bottom, and 100 feet between gates. It lowered or lifted boats 13 feet, allowing them passage to and from the river. Its bottom is covered with original pine planking, and its walls are of local stone.
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