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The boat enters the lock. 8–9. The boat enters the lock. 3. The lower gates are closed. 10. The upper gates are closed. 4–5. The lock is filled with water from upstream. 11–12. The lock is emptied by draining its water downstream. 6. The upper gates are opened. 13. The lower gates are opened. 7. The boat exits the lock. 14. The boat exits ...
An Old Whaler Hove Down For Repairs, Near New Bedford, a wood engraving drawn by F. S. Cozzens and published in Harper's Weekly, December 1882. Careening (also known as "heaving down") is a method of gaining access to the hull of a sailing vessel without the use of a dry dock.
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. San Francisco Bay drains water from approximately 40 percent of California.
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The 19,000-seat arena would be built near the foot of the Bay Bridge and open by the 2017–18 season. On April 22, 2014, the Warriors announced they abandoned the Pier 30-32 location and have purchased land in the Mission Bay neighborhood for their new arena.
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The caisson lock is a type of canal lock in which a narrowboat is floated into a sealed watertight box and raised or lowered between two different canal water levels. It was invented in the late 18th century as a solution to the problem posed by the excessive demand for water when conventional locks were used to raise and lower canal boats ...
By Daniel Trotta. CARLSBAD, California (Reuters) - Local leaders from the San Diego area called for more U.S. border enforcement on Monday after a motor boat loaded with migrants navigated between ...