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2. Channellock - Wikipedia

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   Channellock is an American company that produces hand tools. It is best known for its pliers —the company manufactures more than 75 types and sizes of pliers [ 1 ] —particularly its eponymous style of tongue-and-groove , slip-joint pliers. [ 2 ]

3. Tongue-and-groove pliers - Wikipedia

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   Parrotpliers in extreme positions, size 10 in (25 cm) Parrot pliers are a type of slip-joint pliers. They are also known as: plumbing pliers, Channellocks (i.e., Channellock brand pliers), water pump pliers (British usage), groove-joint pliers, arc-joint pliers, Multi-Grips or multigrips (Australian usage), tap or pipe spanners, swan neck ...

4. Panama Canal locks - Wikipedia

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   The size of the original locks limits the maximum size of ships that can transit the canal; this size is known as Panamax. Construction on the Panama Canal expansion project , which included a third set of locks, began in September 2007, finished by May 2016 [ 1 ] and began commercial operation on June 26, 2016.

5. Lock (water navigation) - Wikipedia

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   A plan and side view of a generic, empty canal lock. A lock chamber separated from the rest of the canal by an upper pair and a lower pair of mitre gates.The gates in each pair close against each other at an 18° angle to approximate an arch against the water pressure on the "upstream" side of the gates when the water level on the "downstream" side is lower.

6. St. Lawrence Seaway - Wikipedia

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   The Eisenhower Locks in Massena, New York St. Lawrence Seaway St. Lawrence Seaway separated navigation channel near Montreal. The St. Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth ...

7. Locking pliers - Wikipedia

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   The bolt is used to set the jaws to a size slightly smaller than what is to be gripped. The jaws are then closed on the gripped object. Because of the lever action the jaws move only slightly but with much force. Locking pliers have four advantages: Their lever action is stronger than that of ordinary pliers, so they can apply much more force;