In 1932 the S.S. Lemoyne of Canada Steamship Lines was the first ship to pass through this between two Great Lakes. What opened that year?

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Four Welland Canals have been built to connect Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and by-pass the raging Niagara Falls. The first had forty wooden locks and was opened to navigation on November 9, 1829. The second Welland Canal, with 27 stone locks, was opened in 1850 while the third, with 26 larger stone locks, was completed in 1887. The building of the present Welland Canal got underway in 1913 but was halted due to World War One. Construction resumed in the 1920’s and the project was officially opened to navigation on August 6, 1932. Canada’s largest freighter, the LEMOYNE, made the first official transit. Actual service had begun earlier and it was the GEORGIAN that was the first trader through the new waterway on April 21, 1930. http://www.abouthegreatlakes.com/stories.htm Aug 06 07, 3:40 AM