Edson (DD 946) - Naval Cruise Book

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Above, an interesting greeting. Below, it's a little wet PCDRTCCDLB R E Port Colburne Ontario is a small town on Lake Erie at the South end of the Welland Canal about 20 miles from Niagara Falls We stopped to help celebrate her 150th anniversary From afar, it appeared a boisterous greeting awaited us As we got closer we realized how interesting them away when we fired a 21-gun salute to the city and the many interesting people coming aboard were glad to see them go We took a side trip to Niagara Falls that famous landmark and those of us lucky enough to be there at night were treated to a tremendous spectacle of lights, sound and spray Port Colburne was a fun visit I . I. . I . . I . . . this whole experience would be. We ended up scaring I I 21

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The Welland Canal connects Lake Erie with Lake Ontario, and when we left Port Col- burne our altitude above sea level would drop through 8 locks. The photographs de- pict our approach to the flight locks, three-in-a-row, exit the first into the second, until you've dropped about 120 feet. A merchant vessel is going up as we go down, and the contrast in heighth is interesting. The top row de- picts us entering the Upper Flight Lock, the left hand photos show the merchant vessel rising, and on the right is a view from the foc'sle as we drop in the lock. On the next page, we're all the way down, and finally the lock- gate opens, and on we go.