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42 New Welland Ship Canal (Continued from Page 15) end of the canal, the new artificial harbor is practically completed. The harbor extends one and one-half miles into the lake. Locks Nos. 1 and 2 are ready for installation of the gates and operat- ing machinery. Lock No. 3 is 88 per cent complete. Concrete work in twin locks No. 4 is 7 per cent complete, in MARINE REVIEW TWIN LOCKS NO. 5 LOOKING NORTH FROM LOCKS NO. 6—TAKEN NOV. 3, 1925— NEW WELLAND SHIP CANAL twin locks No. 5, 94 per cent com- plete, in twin locks No. 6, 86 per cent complete, in lock No. 7, 89 per cent complete. The placing of con- crete for lock No. 8 has not been commenced. Referring to the map on page 15 excavation of the canal prism, both earth and rock, is nearing completion from Lake Ontario to Allanburg. From the latter place to Port Robinson, it is completed, except in the vicinity of highway bridges. Contracts for the construction of sections Nos. 6, 7 and 8, between Port Robinson and Port Colborne, on Lake Erie, have been let only in recent years and the greater part of the excavation has yet to be removed in this portion of the canal. The following list gives the esti- SUMMIT LEVEL OF WELLAND CANAL FROM ALLANBURG BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTH—TAKEN OCT. 6, 1921 February, 1926 TWIN LOCKS NO. 4 FROM THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY BRIDGE—TAKEN DEC. 17, 1925 mated quantities of some of the prin- cipal items of work involved in the construction of the whole canal, with the percentage completed to March Ol.) FOge: Per cent com- plete March Item Cubic yards 31,1925 Rock excavation — .........00 8,674,000 43 Earth excavation .............. 46,839,000 48 Watertight embankment 3,462,000 70 Concrete, all classes........ 3,381,000 52 Between March 31, 1925 and Oct. 381, 1925, there were excavated ap- proximately 1,700,000 cubic yards of rock, 2,700,000 cubic yards of earth. And 351,000 cubic yards of concrete were built. Rock excavation is being carried on this winter on sections 7 and 8. Upon the completion of this canal the eastern terminals of the Great