After the lift completes the movement, the door on the lower basin is opened and the boat can sail out. The transfer took about 5 minutes.
The Lift Lock is used by pleasure boats and tour boats about 20 times a day in the summer. In the winter, the lower canal is used as a ice skating rink.
Just down stream from the Lift Lock is the next obstacle to travel on the waterway. A large swing bridge:
The swing bridge is a railroad bridge and we got to watch a train cross the bridge while the boat waited and then the bridge was operated to allow the boat to continue down stream.
to be continued....