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Peterborough (Town and capital)

a town and capital of Peterborough co., Ont., Canada; on the Otonabee and Trent Valley canal, and on the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railroads; 85 miles N. E. of Toronto. It is well laid out, having wide and regular streets. The town is in the center of a rich agricultural rewheat, flour, cheese, wool, and pork. The manufactures include steam engines, agricultural implements, mill machinery, largest etc. The largest lift-lock in the world in the designed to lift vessels 140 feet long, 65 feet in the air in one motion, was built in 1904. Peterborough was settled in 1825 by Col. Peter Robinson, in whose honor it was named. Pop. (1918) about 25,000.