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| Lock, Dam &c at Black Rapids, Men Pumping Water out of Lock, to hang the Gates &c &c; September, 1830 Thomas Burrowes, watercolour (Archives of Ontario, I0002135) |
| This painting shows crews lifting the lower lock gates into place using block and tackle mechanisms. To the left is the waste weir and arched stone overflow dam. Houses for the contractor and workers are visible on the right. In the foreground is the road leading to the Ottawa locks. About this Painting: This painting one of about 80 known paintings of the Rideau Canal done by Thomas Burrowes. They are held by the Archives of Ontario. The set came from a private collection discovered in an attic in Detroit in 1907 (gifted to the Archives of Ontario by A.H.D. Ross in 1948). The set is incomplete, many paintings are missing. They were painted by Thomas Burrowes who started work as a surveyor on the Rideau Canal in 1826 and became an Overseer of Works. When the canal was completed, he became Clerk of the Works for the southern section of the canal, settling in Kingston Mills and working until his retirement in 1846. His paintings date from 1827 to 1861. |
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