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	WRA - Project description - Russian river-sea transport
		As part of the overall project the Nizhny Novgorod State Academy of Water Transport was commissioned to examine the possibility of using existing upstream reservoirs (which are also used for hydro-power) to improve water management and increase the flow available at the times of year when the river is ice-free and navigation is possible.
		During the study it became apparent the weak link in the chain was the stretch of the river from Nizhny Novgorod to the Gorodetz lock where, unlike the rest of the river, water levels were not artificially controlled.
		What the parallel model study showed, which the other one did not, was the way such management could work to the detriment of hydro-power generation and that further studies would needed to optimise the operation for both navigation and hydro-power.
	www.watres.com /projects/pj-russia.html

	New York Archives Erie Canal Time Machine
		There is a dry dock lock on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, which was built to transport coal from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Hudson River at Kingston, New York.
		Crossing streams and rivers by using guard locks was known as slack water navigation.
		Most numerous were lift locks, which transported boats from one level to another.
	www.archives.nysed.gov /projects/eriecanal/ErieEssay/cs.html (784 words)

	Cape Canaveral
		Palaemon, a 180-foot barge built to transport the Saturn launch vehicle from MSFC to Cape Canaveral by water, was formally accepted by MSFC Director from Maj. Gen.
		Collapse of a lock in the Wheeler Dam below Huntsville on the Tennessee River interdicted the planned water route of the first Saturn space booster from Marshall Space Flight Center to Cape Canaveral on the barge Palaemon.
		A Navy YFNB barge was obtained by NASA to serve as a replacement for the Palaemon in transporting of the Saturn booster to Cape Canaveral.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/capveral.htm (784 words)

	Cape Canaveral
		Palaemon, a 180-foot barge built to transport the Saturn launch vehicle from MSFC to Cape Canaveral by water, was formally accepted by MSFC Director from Maj. Gen.
		Collapse of a lock in the Wheeler Dam below Huntsville on the Tennessee River interdicted the planned water route of the first Saturn space booster from Marshall Space Flight Center to Cape Canaveral on the barge Palaemon.
		A Navy YFNB barge was obtained by NASA to serve as a replacement for the Palaemon in transporting of the Saturn booster to Cape Canaveral.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/capveral.htm (784 words)

	Off road
		Also carry some basics like spare hoses, some engine oil and some water.
		On some vehicles these are engaged automatically when 4WD is selected, on some they are always ‘on’ and on others still this may be a ‘lock’ situated on the front hubs.
		If however the road is slippery or wet and muddy, you may choose to engage what I call the ‘magic lever’, that being the 4 wheel drive select lever.
	www.alpharubicon.com /bovstuff/offroaddrive1schtoo.htm (784 words)

	CNTO - China National Tourist Office
		Ships can go through many small streams, which were not open to navigation in the past; and a lot of new tourist attractions will be open to the public because of convenient transport facilities; and rich and varied tourist activities will be held in the surrounding areas of the Three Gorges Dam.
		The second-phase project spans six years (1998-2003), mainly for the construction of facilities for hydropower stations, the flood discharge sluice and a permanent ship lock, and the installation of generating units on the left bank of the dam.
		From June 1 to 15, 2003, the reservoir in the dam area will store water, with the water level rising to 443 feet.
	www.cnto.org /yangtzeriver-dam.asp (784 words)

	urban75 walk from Enfield Lock to Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt, September 2004
		The original locks were single gate locks which relied on a build-up of water and its sudden release to enable boats to pass.
		There were constant arguments between barge owners and mill owners who wanted the available water to be used by their mills rather than locks, with the Star Chamber (a superior court of justice) ruled in favour of the boats in 1594.
		On nationalisation of the canal system, the navigation passed to the British Transport Commission and later British Waterways.
	www.urban75.org /london/waltham.html (784 words)

	CBC News: Scientists gagged by government
		Lock found himself in hot water in June after telling reporters a ship that leaked 4,300 litres of oil into Halifax harbour in February 2002 should have received a stiffer fine.
		Lock told a Canadian Press reporter on June 23, 2003 that the fine was indicative of Transport Canada's lower tolerance for illegal dumping.
		CBC News obtained an Environment Canada e-mail saying Tony Lock, an expert in marine pollution with the Canadian Wildlife Service, had been relieved of his duties and told not to talk to the media.
	www.cbc.ca /storyview/MSN/2003/08/04/scientist_censure030804 (474 words)

	Offshore Stone Columns
		Schnorchel hose (6) and locks (16a, 16b, 9) are operated in such a way that during the gravel transport through hoses (5) there is always atmospheric pressure in the receiver tank (8), independent of the actual water depth, which might be 200 m or more.
		The "Schnorchel" hose to allow air transport of the gravel against atmospheric pressures, although the receiver tank is submerged 30 m under water.
		The patented Marine Double Lock Gravel Pump has a Schnorchel hose (6), which is attached at the air exhaust lock (16b) to the receiver tank (8).
	www.vibroflotation.com /offshore.htm (820 words)

	VCMelton
		Water is then drained from the lock into Watts Bar Lake (downstream of Melton Hill Dam).
		This same method that we observed at Melton Hill is used to transport commerce over the mountains of Panama between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
		After entering lock, the upstream gate is closed and a horn is sounded to warn downstream boaters to leave the area.
	www.geoe.com /VCMelton.htm (820 words)

	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District - Navigation
		The Corps of Engineers’ Navigation Data Center, which is responsible for establishing and maintaining a variety of water transportation information systems, provides an Index to Navigation Charts by Corps District for information on navigation charts and related navigation information throughout the United States.
		Commercial navigation is important to the region’s economy because river transport is an extremely economical method of transporting raw materials and bulk goods.
		The lock chamber is essentially a concrete box fixed into the riverbed with two matching gates at each end that close at an angle directed upstream against the river flow.
	www.lrp.usace.army.mil /nav/nav.htm (1610 words)

	Conquering the Concord
		Rafts enter the first lock, wait for it to fill, enter the second and are lifted a total of 17 feet by the rising water before disembarking behind the Doubletree Hotel.
		Following the second big drop-off, Middlesex Dam(n) guides direct rafters off the river and into one of the lock chambers of the Pawtucket Canal, built in the 1850s to help transport goods from New Hampshire to Newburyport via the adjacent Merrimack River.
		It only happens in the spring, when water levels are at their highest, but from the end of March through the middle of May, nestled in the heart of the Mill City, a section of the Concord River churns out some of the most challenging white water in the state.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20010427/LI_001.htm (1023 words)

	IWA Library - Waterways May 2004: The Caldon Canal
		During the war running of the canal was taken over by the National Transport Committee and subsequently it was nationalised in 1947, unlike its neighbour the Derby Canal which joined at Sandiacre and ran to Swarkestone.
		Restoration of the whole length of the canal was estimated to be about £45,000 and from 1969 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire County Councils agreed a subsidy of £5,000 a year for nine years: effectively this replaced all the sub-standard lock gates on the canal and covered some dredging work.
		Although the canal through Ironville was greatly improved BW, Severn Trent Water and Derbyshire County Council found many reasons for not restoring it to navigation and BW went ahead with the overflow scheme in 1982.
	www.waterways.org.uk /library/waterways_mag/2004/Aug/erewash.htm (1023 words)

	The International Canal Monuments List - Part IIa - Individual Structures
		A feature developed on French canals in the 17th century was the ground paddle, or sluice built into the stonework of the lock, which controlled the flow of water from the upper to the lower level.
		The Canal de Briare (France) of 1642 was also supplied from existing water supplies, but the water supply to the Canal du Midi (1681) came from dams and water feeders built specifically for that purpose (see "Dams").
		Chhiao Wei-Yo was Assistant Commissioner of Transport for Huainan in AD 983 at the beginning of the Sung Dynasty.
	www.icomos.org /studies/canals2a.htm (1023 words)

	IWA Library - Waterways May 2004: The Caldon Canal
		The Erewash Canal was lucky in that water from Langley Mill was used to feed the iron furnaces at Stanton Ironworks but the locks were likely to be weired to save money.
		Then in 1968 Barbara Castle's Transport Act gave some possible respite to the Erewash in that the section to Tamworth Road was retained as Cruiseway and from there to Langley Mill as a Remainder waterway - to be dealt with "in the cheapest way consistent with safety".
		Visitors to Langley Mill come up the Erewash Canal with plenty of water flowing over the gates but are told to conserve water at Langley Bridge Lock.
	www.waterways.org.uk /library/waterways_mag/2004/Aug/erewash.htm (2033 words)

	TRANS-SC3-2003-3E.doc
		Where boatmasters of river-sea vessels hold only maritime qualifications, the vessel is only allowed to proceed along the inland waterways of the Russian Federation under the guidance of river transport specialists with the necessary qualifications, or a pilot.
		There are depth limitations on the lower Don between the town of Kalach and the town of Azov, because of the reduced depth at the sill of Kochetov lock (3.60 metres), and also on the Volga, over the sector Gorodets-Nizhny Novgorod, because of the insufficient depth (3.50 metres) in the lower pond of Gorodets lock.
		This section of inland waterways forms part of the combined deep-water network of the European part of Russia, and is navigable by all types of vessels (river-sea).
	www.unece.org /trans/doc/2003/sc3/TRANS-SC3-2003-3E.doc (3002 words)

	Cycling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Accessories that some consider helpful include a lock, mudguards/fenders, lights, luggage racks and pannier bags, pump, cycling shorts (with padding), clips to hold wide trousers/slacks/jeans, cycling shoes, spare inner tubes, CO2 cartridges as a possible replacement for a tyre pump, water bottle and water bottle cage, a puncture repair kit and tyre levers.
		Cycling for transport and touring is promoted on a European level by the European Cyclists' Federation, and regular conferences are held under the auspices of Velo City, whereas global conferences are coordinated by Velo Mondial.
		Cycling is a recreation, a sport and a means of transport across land.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling (879 words)

	Cycling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Biking assessories that some consider helpful include a lock, pump, gloves, cycling shorts (with pad), clips to hold wide trousers/slacks/jeans, cycling shoes, spare tubes, CO2 cartridges as a possible replacement for a portable tire pump, water bottle and water bottle cage and tire levers.
		Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land.
		Cycling for transport and touring is promoted on a European level by the European Cyclists' Federation, and regular conferences are held under the auspices of Velo City, whereas global conferences are coordinated by Velo Mondial
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling (520 words)

	multi_page.txt
		Cutter sucking dredgers shall be used for dredge, the dredged mud shall be directly filled or grab bucket dredgers shall be used for dredge, the dredged mud shall be transported by mud barge or filled by pipeline to the abandoned earth area of the underwater earth volume.
		There are less fishes in the waterways of the Huaiyin, Huai' an and Yanguan ship locks, the main fishes are grass carp, triangular bream, silver carp, carp, crucian carp, eel, mud fish, finless eel and snakehead.
		Ship cabin bottom oil- contained water impact analysis The actually monitored oil content of the Huaiyin Ship Lock area is 0.0 -1.78mg/I with an average value of 0.40 mg/I, the maximum value exceeds the standard and the average does not exceed the standard.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1997/11/01/000009265_3980429110611/Rendered/INDEX/multi_page.txt (520 words)

	The International Canal Monuments List - Part IIa - Individual Structures
		It is named after Herr Palm, who was the local miller (the mill is next to the lock) and lock-keeper (see "Summit-level canals" for other details of this waterway).
		One of the first recorded was built by King Sennacherib of Assyria (c 705-681 BC) on the 50-mile long water-supply canal to his capital at Nineveh from springs at Bavian.
		Chhiao Wei-Yo was Assistant Commissioner of Transport for Huainan in AD 983 at the beginning of the Sung Dynasty.
	www.icomos.org /studies/canals2a.htm (520 words)

	Lydney Canal
		Right of navigation through the Humber entrance lock was abandoned in 1971, under section 112 of the Transport Act 1968.
		Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Society : Aims to preserve the line of the canal, restore all parts of the canal which remain in water, and eventualy restore the whole canal.
		Was a 12¼, 10 lock, broad canal from Woodhall in Lanarkshire to Glasgow.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Lydney-Canal.html (766 words)

	Twyford Parish Council - Twyford Meads Information
		Here, at Twyford Meads, a leat takes water from the Itchen Navigation and is then channelled across the meadows by a series of carriers running along the top of the ridges.
		Visitors using public transport are recommended to take the train to Shawford Station.
		One was Compton Lock, (formerly also known as Twyford Lock), which is on the west side of Twyford Meads.
	twyfordpc.hants.gov.uk /meadsinfo.htm (1306 words)

	The Regents Canal History
		Along with other transport systems the canal was nationalised in 1948, coming under the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive, a part of the British Transport Commission, which traded under the name "British Waterways".
		The British Transport Commission was split up in 1963 and the British Waterways Board, who still own and operate the canals, took over.
		The Canal was short of water supplies and it was necessary to dam the river Brent to create a reservoir to provide them, in 1835, extended in 1837 and 1854.
	www.canalmuseum.org.uk /history/regents.htm (1555 words)

	vansluis.com - All about our name
		'Sluis' is the Dutch word for 'sluice' or 'water lock', a device to transport ships from one water level to the other.
		Now the water level in the sluice raises or lowers until it reaches the same level as the other side.
		Sluice gate, the sliding gate of a sluice.
	www.vansluis.com /P_OurName.shtml (364 words)

	Weesp
		In the 17th and 18th centuries waterboats would go to Weesp to get water from the Vecht and transport it to Amsterdam for beer-making and drinking water.
		Before the lock was built, there was a dam to regulate the waterlevel, especially when areas were inundated to block attacking armies.
		It's an old fortified town (part of the New Dutch Water Defence Line and the Defence Line of Amsterdam) which lies on the crossroad of the rivers Vecht and Smal Weesp, and is even older than Amsterdam!
	www.rgaros.nl /weesp (364 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - St. Albans Observer
		To promote the use of public transport, the site would have easy access to Canons Park Tube station, a bicycle lock-up and a restricted number of parking spaces.
		There would be an estate office to ensure security, and to avoid the floods which are a problem in the area, drains would divert excess water from the nearby brook into a central water feature.
		DEVELOPERS have unveiled their vision of a new self-contained community on a site off Honeypot Lane, Canons Park, formerly occupied by government offices.
	www.stalbansobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=507017 (362 words)

	Cape Canaveral
		Palaemon, a 180-foot barge built to transport the Saturn launch vehicle from MSFC to Cape Canaveral by water, was formally accepted by MSFC Director from Maj. Gen.
		Collapse of a lock in the Wheeler Dam below Huntsville on the Tennessee River interdicted the planned water route of the first Saturn space booster from Marshall Space Flight Center to Cape Canaveral on the barge Palaemon.
		A Navy YFNB barge was obtained by NASA to serve as a replacement for the Palaemon in transporting of the Saturn booster to Cape Canaveral.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/capveral.htm (7852 words)

	The International Canal Monuments List - Part IIa - Individual Structures
		Eight kilometres north of Lauenburg, a town with a long tradition of inland water transport, on the Elbe, 30km east of Hamburg (Germany), the lock is close to the village of Witeeze.
		To the north of the canal's summit, suitable sources of water were found in the rivers of the Montagne Noire.
		The old locks were kept in case of breakdown but the lift was so successful that it carried 11,161 boats in 1905.
	www.icomos.org /studies/canals2a.htm (7852 words)

	titchfie
		The canal was to transport goods to and from the mill, village and its tannery and also to give water to the water-meadows, via sluice gates, which were situated on either side.
		The canal still exists and can be followed on foot to the old sea-lock under the bridge on the coastal road, the locks original side walls still survive, and they were constructed from stone that may have come from the old abbey.
		Titchfield had four large ponds and these can still be seen on the west side of the abbey.
	www.southernlife.org.uk /titchfie.htm (531 words)

	The International Canal Monuments List - Part IIa - Individual Structures
		Eight kilometres north of Lauenburg, a town with a long tradition of inland water transport, on the Elbe, 30km east of Hamburg (Germany), the lock is close to the village of Witeeze.
		The Chigneto Marine Transport Railway Company was formed in England by James Brunlees and Edwin Clark in 1883 and over half the work of construction was completed between 1888 and July 1891, when the company ran out of money.
		This pumping station was intended to supply the summit level of the Kennet and Avon barge canal that runs across southern England.
	www.icomos.org /studies/canals2a.htm (531 words)

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