enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Lock (water navigation) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(water_navigation)

   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 ...

3. Panama Canal locks - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_locks

   The Pacific-side locks were finished first—the single flight at Pedro Miguel in 1911 and Miraflores in May 1913. [6] The seagoing tug Gatun, an Atlantic entrance working tug used for hauling barges, made the first trial lockage of Gatun Locks on September 26, 1913. The lockage went perfectly, although all valves were controlled manually since ...

4. Caisson (lock gate) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(lock_gate)

   Ship caisson at Droogdok Jan Blanken at Hellevoetsluis. A caisson is a form of lock gate.It consists of a large floating iron or steel box. This can be flooded to seat the caisson in the opening of the dock to close it, or pumped dry to float it and allow it to be towed clear of the dock.

5. Okeechobee Waterway - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okeechobee_Waterway

   St. Lucie Lock and Dam on the Okeechobee Waterway, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of Stuart, Florida.According to the lock webpage by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lock chamber is "50 feet wide x 250 feet long x 10 feet deep at low water", [2] showing that the design of the canal system and waterway is for shallow barges and not a ship canal.

6. Glossary of locksmithing terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_locksmithing_terms

   A square, rounded or V-shaped depression, filed or machined into a key, to allow the key to turn in its lock. In pin tumbler locks, the series of key cuts on a key causes the pins to line up at the shear line or gate so the lock will open. In warded locks, the key cuts bypass the wards so the key can push or pull the bolt. [6] Key pin

7. Boat lift - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_lift

   A precursor to the canal boat lift, able to move full-sized canal boats, was the tub boat lift used in mining, able to raise and lower the 2.5 ton tub boats then in use. An experimental system was in use on the Churprinz mining canal in Halsbrücke near Dresden. It lifted boats 7 m (23 ft) using a moveable hoist rather than caissons.

8. Riley's Lock - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley's_Lock

   Great Falls of the Potomac River Boat entering Riley's Lock. Ground was broken for construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (a.k.a. C&O Canal) on July 4, 1828. [1] One of the early plans was for the canal to be a way to connect the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio River—hence the name Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. [2]

9. Flash lock - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_lock

   The lock allowed boats to pass the weir while still allowing the mill to operate when the gate was closed. However it could take up to a day or even more to restore the water levels after a boat had passed, so their use was unpopular with the millers. Capstan Wheel near Hurley, England that was used to winch boats upstream past a flash lock. It ...