A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways...
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to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its last Bow Locks. The Lee Navigation is named by acts of Parliament and is so marked...
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items of importance Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Lock (film), a 2016 Indian...
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it included a clause that made the water companies responsible for the lock gates, because water from the navigation would be pumped to the reservoir,...
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locks. The lowest lock was at Woodmill, where the navigation joined the estuary of the River Itchen, on its way to Southampton Water. The main wharves...
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The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) is part of the United States inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa...
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to the shareholders in 1927. With the demise of navigation and the decay of the lock structures, water levels are considerably lower than they once were...
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Trap (plumbing) (redirect from Water seal (plumbing))
Drain-waste-vent system Garbage disposal unit Lock (water navigation) Sanitation Septic system Septic tank Tap water Water pipe Deziel, Chris (18 Feb 2013). "How...
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the size or the draft of the ship being contemplated for navigation and the seasonal water level. On others, it is quite objective, being caused by a...
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Guard Lock,} Lock 9: Slane Castle Lock, Lock 10: Carrickdexter Lock, Lock 11: Cruicetown Lock, Lock 12: Castlefin Lock, Lock 13: Deer Park Lock, Lock 14:...
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waterway. The final lock is Lower Lock, after which the navigation joins the Lee Navigation, just to the north of Feilde's Weir Lock. Wikimedia Commons...
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the lock is gone. There were originally eight locks along the navigation. Each lock chamber was 13 feet wide by 65 feet long. Throstles Nest Lock was...
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River Great Ouse (redirect from Ouse Navigation Act 1790)
Level Navigations used to be possible via the Old Bedford River and Welches Dam lock, but the Environment Agency piled the entrance to the lock in 2006...
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Weybridge on the Wey Navigation had an additional single gate some 100 yards (91 m) below the lock, which when closed raises the water level above it, allowing...
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Hertford Union Canal (redirect from Old Ford Middle Lock)
Navigation, in the parish of St. Mary Stratford Bow, in the county of Middlesex, to join the Regent's Canal at or near a Place called Old Ford Lock,...
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Forth and Clyde Canal (redirect from Forth and Clyde Navigation)
Lower Lock. 35 36 – No. 36 Drop Lock – Dalmuir Drop Lock (constructed recently to take navigation below bridge) 37 – Old Kilpatrick 38 – Dalnottar Lock No...
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River Ouse, Sussex (redirect from Ouse Navigation)
There is also a lock marked on the river, though this was presumably a flash lock. Smeaton's plan for a sluice and navigation lock at Piddinghoe had...
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Southcote Lock is a lock on the Kennet Navigation at Southcote near the town of Reading in Berkshire, England. It has a rise/fall of 5 feet 3 inches (1...
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Wakefield, by the construction of 16 locks. Lock sizes were increased several times, as was the depth of water, to enable larger boats to use the system...
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Okeechobee Waterway (section St. Lucie Lock and Dam)
manage the water level in Lake Okeechobee. The Port Mayaca Lock and Dam was built in 1977 for navigation purposes, to permit the raising of water levels in...
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has the lock keeper's cabin and the weir pool, Teddington Lock Footbridge. The Navigation Act obtained in April 1771 by the Thames Navigation Commission...
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fees. The navigation route was formerly down Hedsor Water and the only weir was associated with the mill. After the building of Marlow Lock in 1773 there...
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Waterway System, and is used to control water diversion from Lake Michigan into the river and for navigation. The lock was built between 1936 and 1938 by the...
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the Navigation due to draft limits. The initial locks were: Sheepwash Lock (now known as Town Lock) Whinhill Lock Wansford Lock Snakeholme Lock In 1776...
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Blythburgh until the 16th century, but navigation was increasingly affected by silting up of the channel. The volume of water which drained from the saltings...
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first built in 1777 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners and the present lock dates from 1908. Despite its name, the lock is located in the Berkshire village...
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Bonneville Dam (redirect from Bonneville Lock)
Gorge. The primary functions of Bonneville Lock and Dam are electrical power generation and river navigation. The dam was built and is managed by the United...
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Dam (redirect from Dammed water)
List of largest dams List of tallest dams List of tidal barrages Lock (water navigation) – Device for raising and lowering boats or ships Reservoir safety –...
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by the London Stone. The principle of lock/weir combination, which maintained the depth of water for navigation and reduced the danger of flooding, was...
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