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THE STEELTON
[St. Catharines Standard, 26 August 1974]
Tons of steel from a lift block the Welland Canal near Niagara Falls after the structure was struck by an empty ore carrier early Sunday. Officials said the canal – a crucial link in the St. Lawrence Seaway-might be closed for two weeks while workers clear the debris. Damage to the canal was estimated at millions of dollars. The bridge, about five miles north of Welland, Ontario, rose 120 feet into the air. When the oar boat Steelton struck, one of the lift’s 300-ton counterweights plunged through the roadway and the other disappeared into the water.
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