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=== Locks === | === Locks === | ||
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=== History === | === History === | ||
[[Image:Soo Locks 1800s.jpg|left|300px|Soo Locks 1800s.jpg]] The first version of the locks was completed in May 1855 and operated by the state of Michigan until it was transferred to the US Army in 1881. | [[Image:Soo Locks 1800s.jpg|left|300px|Soo Locks 1800s.jpg]] The first version of the locks was completed in May 1855 and operated by the state of Michigan until it was transferred to the US Army in 1881. By making travel between the lakes and between Canada and the United States, the locks facilitated migration. One of the four locks has been closed and scheduled for refitting since 1986 but will be designed to allow larger ships to travel through the locks. | ||
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=== Resources === | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soo_Locks | |||
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=6431&destination=ShowItem | |||
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/ssmarie/natcul/natcul1.aspx | |||
[[Category:Michigan Migration Routes]] | |||