24 июл. 2024 г. · A lock is a stretch of canal that is blocked off at each end by solid gates. These gates are opened or closed to allow water to fill or drain from the lock.

How do Canal Locks Work? · The bottom sluices are opened to allow the lock to drain · The lower gates can then be opened · With the gates opened, the boat can ...

Locks are worked by water pressure and user muscle power! Narrow locks are wide enough for one boat, but wide locks generally hold two boats side by side. They ...

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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 more and larger locks to allow a ...

10 дек. 2022 г. · A lock is an elevator for boats. It lifts boats up or down to the next level on the canal. There are 74 locks on the C and O Canal.

18 апр. 2024 г. · Boats are raised or lowered by filling or emptying the lock chamber. Gates at each end of the lock chamber allow the boats to enter and leave. ...

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In simple terms a lock chamber, a canal boat goes into the chamber and then the lock gates are closed behind. You need to empty or fill the chamber so that the ...