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A BRIEF HISTORY : COMPLETED IN 1876 , THE MERRITON TUNNEL LATER CALLED THE GRAND TRUCK RAILWAY TUNNEL IS AROUND 700 FT IN LENGTH AND RUNS UNDER THE 3RD WELLAND CANAL BETWEEN THE 18TH & 19TH LOCK... IN 1903 , THERE WAS A FATAL TRAIN WRECK ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM THE WEST END OF THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE , TWO TRAINS HIT HEAD ON & THE MEN WHO STOKED THE BOILERS ON THE OLD STEAM TRAINS ( FIREMEN ) , BOTH DIED FROM EACH TRAIN... THE POND AREA BEHIND THE PUMPHOUSE WAS A CEMETERY WITH DIFFERENT CHURCHES OVER THE EARLY YEARS , WITH GRAVE SITES DATING BACK TO THE LATE 1700'S... IN THE 1920'S IT WAS DECIDED TO BUILD A FOURTH CANAL WHICH WOULD REQUIRE USING THE AREA FOR RESERVOIR... WITH OVER 900 GRAVES THERE , ONLY 250 OR SO WERE MOVED , THE REST WERE FLOODED OVER , WITHOUT ANY RESPECT TO THE FACT , ITS A " CEMETERY"....... |
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