Definition of Canal lock. Meaning of Canal lock. Synonyms of Canal lock

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Definition of Canal lock

Canal lock
Canal Ca*nal", n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying ``to cut'; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf. Channel, Kennel gutter.] 1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. 2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.

Meaning of Canal lock from wikipedia

- 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...
- United States. When leaving the canal, boats must also traverse the Black Rock Lock to reach Lake Erie or the Troy Federal Lock to reach the tidal Hudson....
- southernmost lock, (Lock 8 – the 'Guard' or 'Control' lock) is 349.9 m (1,148 ft) in length. The Garden City Skyway p****es over the canal, restricting...
- of the ship canal at The Soo from 1906 to 1925. It was officially decommissioned in 2010 at the same time as the Davis Lock. A new lock is under construction...
- could serve as portions of the canal. Where it made economic sense to do so, such as lock widths or portions of the canal through narrow rock or across...
- The Panama Canal locks (Spanish: Esclusas del Canal de Panamá) are a lock system that lifts ships up 85 feet (26 metres) to the main elevation of the Panama...
- project added a third lane through the construction of lock complexes at each end of the canal. One lock complex is located on the Pacific side, southwest...
- Providence lock looking west into the old canal bed. Restoration of the mill and store at Providence. Gronauer Lock No 2 "Wabash and Erie Canal lock was discovered...
- for the Kennet and Avon Canal was turned in Bradford-on-Avon, and soon there were wharves above and below Bradford Lock. The canal was complete from Bath...
- A control lock, guard lock or stop lock differs from a normal canal lock in that its primary purpose is controlling variances in water level rather than...