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2. Caisson (lock gate) - Wikipedia

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   These gates can be opened and closed quickly, so they are used for canal locks, to change levels, and also for most freight docks. As the function of a freight dock is to enclose deep water, such gates point inwards. A graving or dry dock, in contrast, excludes water, and so their gates point outwards.

3. Louis Joubert Lock - Wikipedia

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   A ship in the Louis Joubert Lock. The Louis Joubert Lock (French: Forme Ecluse Louis Joubert), also known as the Normandie Dock – after the large ocean liner that provided the impetus for the facility to be built, is a lock and major dry dock located in the port of Saint-Nazaire in Loire-Atlantique, northwestern France.

4. List of dry docks - Wikipedia

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   Dry Dock № 2 264.0 44.0 11.63 * Dry Dock № 1 194.74 33.0 9.19 * Norfolk Naval Yard: United States of America: Norfolk, Virginia Dry Dock № 8 333.0 46.0 14.6 * [101] Dry Dock № 4 308.0 44.0 13.5 * Dry Dock № 3 221.0 37.0 10.5 * Dry Dock № 2 151.3 32.06 11.4 * Dry Dock № 1 99.2 26.3 7.8 * General Dynamics Electric Boat

5. Ohio and Erie Canal - Wikipedia

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   On July 3, 1827, the first canal boat on the Ohio and Erie Canal left Akron, traveled through 41 locks and over 3 aqueducts along 37 miles (60 km) of canal, to arrive at Cleveland on July 4. While the average speed of 3 mph (5 km/h) may seem slow, canal boats could carry 10 tons of goods and were much more efficient than wagons over rutted trails.

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7. Dry dock - Wikipedia

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   The Alfredo da Silva Dry Dock in Almada, Portugal, was closed in 2000. The largest roofed dry dock is at the German Meyer Werft Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, it is 504 m long, 125 m wide and stands 75 m tall. [14] Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is the site of a large dry dock 556 by 93 metres (1,824 ft × 305 ...

8. Vlissingen Navy Drydock - Wikipedia

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   The solution for making a waterproof lock gate for a dry dock was the ship caisson or ship-door invented in France in 1683, but this solution was not applied. In 1737 an amount of water suddenly welled up near the doors, and in 1738 the same happened on the other side. There were some repairs, but these were not completely effective.

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