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One of the many locks along the length of the canal that alows the ship to be liffted up to a higher level.
One of three locks.
At the Bratch, the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal approaches the Smestow Valley. Three locks handle the 30 foot drop.
private boat slipping into position to enter the Ballard Locks. the water had a wintery sheen to the surface.
Gatun Locks, at the end of our Panama Canal transit, descending toward the Caribbean. This locomotive is one of the "mules" that hook up to ships and help them through the canal.
Locks spun and plied with thread strung with seed beads. I think they look like little bubbles!
Neauveau, wool unknown
WINDSOR LOCKS VETERANS COUNCIL
Kaiten: Japan's Secret Manned Suicide Submarine and the First American Ship It Sank in WWII
by Michael Mair
Hardcover, 2014
Description
"In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's secret weapon, the Kaiten--a manned suicide submarine--had succeeded in its first mission. The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn't know of its existence. And the Americans kept it secret as well. Embarrassed by the shocking surprise attack, the U.S. Navy refused to salvage or inspect the sunken Mighty Miss. Only decades later would the survivors understand what really happened at Ulithi, when a diving team located the wreck in 2001. In Kaiten, Michael Mair and Joy Waldron tell the full story from both sides, from the strategic importance of the USS Mississinewa to newly revealed secrets of the Kaiten development and training schools. U.S. Navy survivors recount their gripping experiences in the wake of the attack, as well as the harrowing recovery efforts that came later. Japanese pilots reveal their terrifying experiences training to die for their country and Emperor, never knowing when their moment of doom would come"--
The railway bridge over the Rhine just outside the station is huge, there's a pedestrian walkway and from one end to the other are locks padlocked to the fence. They've all got love messages on them, aah!
There are ten locks at Foxton, in two groups of five, covering a rise of 75ft. It takes approximately 45 minutes to get a boat from top to bottom (or bottom to top!). The locks are extremely busy in the summer so the wait can be quite long and slots have to be booked.
The Locks, designed by Benjamin Bevan, were built in 1810 and opened in 1814.