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 | | The opera hall of Arts Centre, as I discovered at a performance the previous night, is the second largest in North America, and its seating capacity of 2,300 is surpassed only by the New York Metropolitan Opera House. |
 | | The Rideau never fulfilled its original military purpose, but as Bytown (bisected by the Canal into "Upper Town" and "Lower Town") grew to a population of 10,000, the Canal became a bustling industrial waterway for steamers carrying lumber, coal, ore and a variety of consumer goods. |
 | | That is, until he hit on the ingenious idea of flooding the area from a northern arm of the Rideau, constructing a dam on firm land further ahead and installing locks to raise and lower the water levels. |
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