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Lock House at Lock 28. Point-of-Rocks, C&O Canal National Historical Park, Frederick County, Maryland.
This is a beautiful lock and key set that I saw in the medieval section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I love how elaborate the key is.
I hate that i dont get enough time to go out and take photograpghs. I never have spare time, and now that it gets dark earlier, i have less time! I need some inspiration too, because im running low.
Camera: Nikkormat FTn
Lens: Nikkor-H 50mm f/2
Film: Kentmere 400 (EI 1600)
Developer: Kodak HC-110 Dilution B @ 20.4C for 11:37 minutes.
Scanner: Epson V850
Catalog ID: 2018-015
Lock No58 on a restored section of the Chesterfield Canal at Retford.
Built in 1777 the Chesterfield Canal known locally as 'Cuckoo Dyke', is widely recognised as one of the most beautiful and varied waterways in England, runing for 46 miles from the River Trent to the middle of Chesterfield, linking the counties of Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
After the canal was formally closed in 1961 it is thanks to the Chesterfield Canal Society formed in 1976 and since 1997 the Chesterfield Canal Trust that this canal is mostly all navigable and with us today.
9th May 1996
Because we took the park cetification away for re-newing Ann's job status,
the security locked her car and left notice on it.
(I like this big-red-yellow-lock though, ha ha)
Looking toward the Shinnecock Bay from Shinnecock Canal
The Shinnecock Canal (also known as the Shinnecock and Peconic Canal) is a canal that cuts across the South Fork of Long Island at Hampton Bays, New York. At 4,700 feet (1,400 m) long, it connects Great Peconic Bay and the north fork of Long Island with Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The canal opened to traffic in 1892.
Talk of building a canal on Shinnecock Creek had gone on for years and a popular myth says the Shinnecock Indian Nation and Montaukett Native Americans built the original canal in the 17th century. The canal’s location is specifically called Canoe Place because of this.
A Canal lock system had to be built in 1919 to alleviate dramatic differences in height between the two bays. The Peconic Bay to the north can be three feet higher than Shinnecock Bay. Further, the two bays have opposite tide cycles
The lock system now is the only navigation lock operating on Long Island. The lock increased the salinity levels in Shinnecock Bay which had nearly assumed fresh water proportions and was resulting in a dying off of its shell fish population even though it was separated from the Atlantic by a narrow barrier island.
Shinnecock Bay’s salinity levels were solidified during Great Hurricane of 1938 which broke through the barrier island to form Shinnecock Inlet almost due south of the canal. The new inlet has created a short cut to the Atlantic that is now used by 27,000 boats per year.
The canal itself varies in width from 100 to 180 feet (30 to 55 m). The lock is 41 feet (12 m) wide and 250 feet (76 m) long. The lowest bridge is the fixed railroad bridge, with a height of 22 feet (6.7 m) vertical clearance above the water. The highway bridges have 23 feet (7.0 m) and 25 feet (7.6 m) vertical clearance.
The name Canoe Place comes from the Indian word "Niamuck" which described a canoe portage from the north bay "Peconic" to the south bay "Shinnecock" & vice versa. That they carried their canoes seems to indicate that there was no water connection between these two bodies of water. There is no evidence that the Montauketts or Shinnecocks dug a canal, together or separately. The 1918 construction on the canal was of "Tide Gates" & bulkeading, not "Locks" as are in place today. This did not alleviate the difference in the hydrographic elevation but sought to mitigate it. Another effect of this as found in the records of the New York State Salt Water Bays Commission was the water level of Shinnecock Bay was raised by one foot.
Banbury Lock. Before the shopping centre was built this was the site of the bus station. I'm not sure of the exact date this was taken.
Something happened to my laptop lock and the combination I set stopped working. This happened while the laptop was locked to a desk. My red handled lock pick did a good job of unlocking my laptop.