Listen along as we walk you through the history of Peterborough Area and the people who have lived here.
Audio Guide | Peterborough Museum & Archives
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Listen along as we walk you through the history of Peterborough Area and the people who have lived here.
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October 22, 2020
25 • The 1920's Kitchen
<p>Take a peek inside this 1920's kitchen to discover what life was like for a working class family in Peterborough. The kitchen was the hub of family life and the ideal 1920's kitchen was a cheerful, vibrant room filled with bright colours, floral prints and linoleum floors in geometric patterns. Although electricity was now common in many homes, the working class kitchen was a place of transition. Electric lighting and electric stoves mixed with a traditional ice box for keeping for cold. Blocks of ice were delivered daily and housed in these coolers which were likely insulated with sawdust. Can you spot any familiar items that you remember? How about any items that are making a come back?</p>
October 22, 2020
24 • The Lift Lock
<p>The Peterborough Lift Lock, constructed in 1904, is the highest hydraulic lock in the world with a rise of 19.8 meters. Between modern day Trent University and Little Lake. the water level drops approximately 20 meters. A conventional lock can only raise or lower a boat 6 to 8 meters at a time, while a lift lock can raise or lower a boat over 20 meters in the same time; The decision was made to build a single and extraordinarily tall lift lock to reduce the number of locks required for a boat to climb or drop from one end of Peterborough to the other.</p> <p>The Lift Lock was built under difficult conditions: bad weather, general inexperience and poor working relations between the contractors and canal staff made this impressive endeavour even more challenging. The workers used the latest technologies of the time; for example, steam shovels and rivet guns, but the working conditions were dangerous and the scaffolding and supports were crude and rickety. Overall it took 8 years to construct the lift lock. Amazingly, only one person died during the construction. Both the business community and the city continue to use the Lift Lock to promote Peterborough. It is a symbol of the town and is one of the area’s largest tourist attractions.</p>
October 22, 2020
23 • Trent Severn Waterway
<p>The Indigenous peoples have travelled the lakes and rivers of what is now known as the Trent-Severn Waterway since 13,000 B.C.E. In the 1600s, European fur traders used the system, and the settlement of the Kawarthas was closely linked to the developing waterway. Traditionally, Peterborough is known as Nogojiwanong, which translates to Place at the End of the Rapids. While the rapids and waterfalls between the lakes provided waterpower for the early mills, they made travel difficult. The Trent-Severn Waterway was originally constructed so it could effectively transport military from the St. Lawrence River, inland, towards Lake Simcoe. In the late 1820s, demand for a waterway linking the upper lakes with Lake Ontario began as new settlers and farmers were looking for a way to move grain to southern markets. The first wooden lock was built in Bobcaygeon in 1833. By 1887 there were locks, canals, dams and slides at Chisholm Rapids (Hastings), Healy Falls (Campbellford), Crow Rapids (Marmora), Whitla Rapids (Peterborough), Burleigh Falls, Buckhorn, Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls and Lindsay.</p> <p><br></p>
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