UNIQUE! Big Chute Marine Railway, Ontario

The Big Chute Marine Railway is the ONLY one of its kind in North America still in use. Officially known as Lock 44 of the Trent-Severn Waterway, it works on an inclined plane to carry up to 100 foot boats up (or down) the 60 foot change in elevation. http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/tr... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Chut... Hepburn Engineering Inc. in Etobicoke designed and built the railway. http://www.hepeng.com/ (12JUL2014)