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Canal Lake Arch Bridge

Canal Lake Arch Bridge

Photos by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted July, 2009

Plaque Location

The City of Kawartha Lakes
At Centennial Park Road (Road 33) and Canal Lake,
1.3 km north of Road 48, east of Bolsover


Coordinates: N 44 33.387 W 79 02.712

Plaque Text

Completed in 1905, this noteworthy structure on the Trent-Severn Waterway is the earliest-known reinforced concrete bridge in Canada. It was built using the Melan system of reinforcement with curved steel girders to reduce the amount of concrete required, resulting in a comparatively slender arch. This structure illustrates the transition from stone to concrete, with massive abutments and surface markings imitative of its masonry predecessors. A precursor of large-span reinforced concrete bridges, the Arch Bridge is an important milestone in the history of civil engineering in Canada.

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> Posted June 22, 2011
See the related page to the Newmarket Radial Railway Arch (1909). -Wayne [Editor's Response: Added link. Thanks.]




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