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West drydock, one of three.

Closeup of dock gate.

Our Laker will be built in this bay!

The center drydock.

    

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The boats to be repaired rested on timbers after the water drained out of the bay.

Model of a canal boat on view at the museum.

The living quarters shown in the boat model.

Ice harvesting on the canal was an important industry.

                            

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The blacksmith's forge located at the museum. CanalFest is a great day to see this working!

The sawmill and blacksmith's building.

This is our resident mule.

This is an actual sunken canal boat you can view at the museum.

                            


        

                           Some of the pictures on this page are courtesy of Galen Frysinger.
www.galenfrysinger.com    

                                                                    

                                                                                           

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