This location were I was at, known as Locks 15, 16 and 17
were redesigned years later. Lock 16 became
a dry dock and was used for winter docking and repairs, while Locks 15 and 17
raised and lowered ships along the canal system.
While I was there, there were plenty of provincial officers speaking to the local teens who were disregarding social distancing and making quite the ruckus for the neighbours who live nearby.
I didn’t want to stick around too long, but only long enough to hear a lot of unhappy back and forth as they were told to spread out or go back home.
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A few other historical mentions in Cornwall that I had checked out as well before heading out to Morrisburg the next morning.
I actually felt sorry for this engine as it sits in a large open park space right in the centre of two busy streets(Brookdale and 9th street) in Cornwall. It looks really out of place. Locomotive #17 was built in 1962 and was given as a gift to the City of Cornwall in 1977 from the Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company. It was the last electric-power engine in Canada according to Heritage Cornwall. After years of neglect (it's been painted a few times in 1981 and again in 2006), and city council bouncing back and forth with whether to spend the 100,000 set aside to refurbish the locomotive engine, it may finally be donated to Smith Falls Museum who has expressed interest in giving it a proper home and the means to fix her up as good as new.
