Lock (water navigation)
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lock-water-navigation-206-10463053
title:
Lock (water navigation)
text:
A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber in which the water level can be varied; whereas in a caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a canal inclined plane, it is the chamber itself that rises and falls. Locks are used to make a river more easily navigable, or to allow a canal to cross land that is not level. Later canals used mo
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description:
Device for raising and lowering boats or ships
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(water_navigation)
date created:
2003-01-05T15:37:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T21:31:20Z
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