Moving the Caisson - Bruce Muir Reports - this the result of months of preparation and the help of many volunteers. This includes a new drawing of the Caisson (drydock gate)

View Jim Pritchard's photographs of the Caisson in the Metalcraft Marine Drydock and a description of this late 19th century wonder

Visitors to the Maritime Heritage Centre will enter the Reception Building  from the street level at the right. A highlight for the visitor will be the Drydock Walk around and below the docked museum ship Alexander Henry - but this poses some interesting challenges - among them making the Drydock Gate tight and secure in order to keep Lake Ontario water out of the drydock.
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All through the summer and fall of 1998 teams of volunteers worked to prepare the gate so it could be moved to the Metalcraft Marine Drydock, a good location in Kingston to make repairs. First have a look at the gate as it appeared in the 1920s.