Soo Locks
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The Soo Locks are a set of parallel locks, operated and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great
Soo locks and the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge that has a clearance of 124 feet
Soo Locks on the St. Marys River connecting Lakes Superior and Huron.
The first Soo Locks in the 19th century
Anchor Line steamer in the Soo Locks, ca. 1900s
SS John B. Cowle (1902)
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SS John B. Cowle was one of the early Great Lakes bulk freighters known as "tin pans". She was the first of two ships named for prominent Cleveland, Ohio citizen and shipbuilder John Beswick Cowle. In
John B. Cowle
Painting of John B. Cowle's wreck
Archaeological site plan