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2. Rowlock - Wikipedia

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   A rowlock[1] (UK: / ˈrɒlək /), sometimes spur (due to the similarity in shape and size), oarlock (American English) [2] or gate, is a brace that attaches an oar to a boat. When a boat is rowed, the rowlock acts as a fulcrum for the oar. [3] On ordinary rowing craft, the rowlocks are attached to the gunwales. In the sport of rowing, the ...

3. Lock (water navigation) - Wikipedia

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   The exit gates are opened and the boat moves out. [11] If the lock were empty, the boat would have had to wait 5 to 10 minutes while the lock was filled. For a boat travelling upstream, the process is reversed; the boat enters the empty lock, and then the chamber is filled by opening a valve that allows water to enter the chamber from the upper ...

4. Stanchion - Wikipedia

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   In yachting, metal bars that hold the life-lines around a boat's perimeter. In river rafting, metal bars that hold the yokes for oars. In ice hockey, the posts used on the dasher boards to hold panes of glass in place. This is a common vernacular term in the sport, although in the industry they are simply called posts.

5. Peterborough Lift Lock - Wikipedia

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   The Peterborough Lift Lock is a boat lift located on the Trent Canal in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and is Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn Waterway. For many years, the lock's dual lifts were the highest hydraulic boat lifts in the world, raising boats 65 ft (20 m). This was a considerable accomplishment in the first years of the ...

6. Stuffing box - Wikipedia

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   Boats. A small boat stuffing box comprising an adjusting nut, a locking nut and a sleeve. On a boat having an inboard motor that turns a shaft attached to an external propeller, the shaft passes through a stuffing box, also called a "packing box" or "stern gland" in this application. The stuffing box prevents water from entering the boat's hull.

7. Bar gate - Wikipedia

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   A bar, post, pole, beam, or boom gate, [1] also known as a boom or a boom barrier, [citation needed] is a beam or bar on a pivot used as a gate. The boom is lowered to block vehicular or pedestrian access through a controlled point or raised to permit such traffic. [2] Typically, the bar has a 90° range of motion with a vertical raised resting ...