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  2. Panama Canal locks - Wikipedia

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    The locks themselves were made of 2,046,100 cu yd (1,564,000 m 3) of concrete. The quantity of material needed to construct the locks required extensive measures to be put in place to handle the stone and cement. Stone was brought from Portobelo to the Gatun locks, while the work on the Pacific side used stone quarried from Ancon Hill. [8]

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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]

  6. Caisson lock - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. List of canal locks in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Flight of six locks, in a quite ornate setting and including the UK's second deepest lock, [1] two pumping stations and several Grade II listed buildings. Bingley Five Rise Locks: Leeds and Liverpool Canal: grid reference: These staircase locks are the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5. Bow Locks: River Lee Navigation

  8. Category:Locks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Locks on the National Register of Historic Places (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Locks of the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.

  9. Chain of Rocks Lock - Wikipedia

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    Chain of Rocks Lock and Dam, also known as Locks No. 27, is a lock situated at the southern end of Chouteau Island near St. Louis, Missouri on the Upper Mississippi River. Its associated dam is just downstream of the Chain of Rocks Bridge , and the lock is located over 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast on the Chain of Rocks canal.

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