enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
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Examples of lock chamber
lock chamber
Pieces of concrete in the lock chamber have fallen into the water.
From the courier-journal.com
A lock chamber separated from the rest of the canal by an upper pair and a lower pair of mitre gates.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We would continue to talk to the boaters as they went deeper and deeper into the dark and narrow lock chamber.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Each lock chamber will have three water-saving basins, which will reuse 60 percent of the water in each transit.
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In 1967, biologists failed to find a single fish in the Maxwell lock chamber, and in 1968 they collected just one bluegill.
From the post-gazette.com
No eagles came out to play, but there were many gulls and a barge that had to correct course after missing the entrance to the lock chamber.
From the washingtonpost.com
A cruise ship was going through Markland when a door on the facility's main 1,200-foot lock chamber fell into the river about a year ago.
From the kentucky.com
There are several examples where locks have been built to a round plan, with more than two exits from the lock chamber, each serving a different water level.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We would sit on the side and watch boats tie up and wait for the lock operator to begin the fascinating process of the hydro-elevator that took the boats 40.5 feet down into the lock chamber.
From the democratandchronicle.com
