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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. List of dry docks - Wikipedia

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   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 * [105] 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: United States of America: Groton, Connecticut

4. Dry dock - Wikipedia

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   A floating dry dock is a type of pontoon for dry docking ships, possessing floodable buoyancy chambers and a U-shaped cross-section. The walls are used to give the dry dock stability when the floor or deck is below the surface of the water. When valves are opened, the chambers fill with water, causing the dry dock to float lower in the water ...

5. Category:Drydocks - Wikipedia

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6. Lock (water navigation) - Wikipedia

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   The principle of operating a lock is simple. For instance, if a boat travelling downstream finds the lock already full of water: The entrance gates are opened and the boat moves in. The entrance gates are closed. A valve is opened, this lowers the boat by draining water from the chamber. The exit gates are opened and the boat moves out. [11]

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8. Bay Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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   Bay Shipbuilding Company (BSC) is a shipyard and dry dock company in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.As of 2015, Bay Ships was a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group and produces articulated tug and barges, OPA-90 compliant double hull tank ships and offshore support vessels. [1]

9. Port Weller Dry Docks - Wikipedia

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   The drydock, opened in 1947, was initially owned by the Government of Canada and was used to store gates, lock valves, and gate-lifting vessels. The new site was considered an improvement over the Muir Dry Dock due to its location above Lock 1, which eliminated the need for pumps to fill or empty the dry dock.