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The following is the Abstract and Table of Contents from Rideau Canal: 1832-1914, Manuscript Report 177 by Judith Tulloch, Parks Canada, 1975. Republished by Friends of the Rideau as digital book DB-MR177, 2009:
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This study includes a narrative description of the administrative development of the waterway from its completion in 1832 until 1914. As the region bordering the system became more settled during the 19th century, new issues arose to trouble canal officials. The two most prominent of these - the problem of ensuring adequate water reserves and local demands for branch canals connecting with the Rideau - merit more detailed consideration and form separate chapters. Alterations in the physical structure of the waterway have been treated in chronological fashion with each station discussed individually. Conditions of employment for the operating staff - lockmasters and labourers - also changed over the course of the 19th century, particularly after Confederation as the workers on the waterway were gradually integrated into the federal civil services. The chapter on employment on the Rideau considers such topics as the appointment of lockmasters and labourers, problems of insufficient pay, and conditions of life at the lock stations. Until 1903, tolls were charged on both ships and cargoes passing through the system. The commercial history of the waterway and its financial problems represent a complex issue which merits detailed study. The report therefore contains merely an appendix giving a brief summary of changes in the scales of tolls and indicating areas for future research. 4 Abstract 5 Introduction 7 The Early Years, 1832-67 17 The Rideau in the New Dominion 25 Problems and Conflicts 38 New Directions for the Waterway 45 Reservoir Dams in the Watershed 51 Proposed Branch Canals 59 Structural Changes, 1832-1914 59 Ottawa - First Eight Locks 63 Hartwell 64 Hogsback 69 Black Rapids 71 Long Island 76 Burritts Rapids 77 Nicholsons 77 Clowes 79 Merrickville 81 Kilmarnock (Maitlands Rapids) 82 Edmunds 83 Old Sly 83 Smiths Falls 86 Poonamalie (First Rapids) 88 The Narrows 88 Newboro (The Isthmus) 90 Chaffeys 90 Davis (Fosters Lock) 91 Jones Falls 92 Brewers Mills (Brewers Upper Mills) 93 Washburn (Brewers Lower Mills) 95 Kingston Mills 98 Tay Branch 99 Employment on the Rideau, 1832-1914 120 Appendix A. Lockmasters, 1832-1914 130 Appendix B. Buildings 153 Appendix C. Rideau Canal Tolls 169 Endnotes 215 Bibliography |