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The Lake of Bays Jackladder
Circa 1896
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

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Gilmour Tramway Model - The Lake of Bays Jackladder
2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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Gilmour Tramway Model - The Powerhouse
2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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The Powerhouse was responsible for powering the Lake of Bays jackladder as well as pumping water into the trough to carry the logs along its length. The powerhouse also powered electric lights which ran along the trough. The walls were constructed of thick stone, this was to protect the jackladder and slide in the event that the boilers exploded, an unfortunate but not impossible occurance.

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The Tramway Powerhouse
1900
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

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The Gilmour Tramway Powerhouse
June 2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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Norm MacKay discusses fueling the boiler in the Tramway Powerhouse
June 2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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Pumping water into the Gilmour Tramway trough.
June 2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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Gilmour Tramway Model - The Powerhouse
2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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Gilmour Tramway Model - The Powerhouse
2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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Gilmour Tramway Model - The Powerhouse
2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum

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The Gilmour Tramway Trough
1894
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Willie Boyd - National Archives of Canada C-21225

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The aqueduct was a long trough or sluiceway that would carry logs over a distance of approx 1 and 3/4 km from the powerhouse at Lake of Bays to Tramway Creek Jackladder. It was constructed of 10 inch square timbers placed 4ft apart with 3 inch or 7.6 cm boards to hold the water in the trough. The water was pumped from the Lake of Bays by the Tramway Powerhouse. The logs floated down the water in the trough guided by workers with pike poles who stood on a wooden walkway built along the length of the trough. Electric lights were also strung up along the trough powered by the steam power generators at the Tramway Powerhouse. This allowed the operation to run day and night. Also running the length of the trough was a telephone line that allowed the workers at the two jackladders to communicate.

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The Gilmour Tramway Trough
June 2009
Dorset, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Dorset Heritage Museum