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Reinstalling gates at the Dismal Swamp
SOUTH MILLS, N.C. — After nearly three months of rehabilitation work on lock gates at the Dismal Swamp Canal’s South Mills lock here, Mar. 6, 2012. A crew from U.S. Facilities, Inc., reinstall the two gates, which will safely extend their serviceability for up to 15 years. The two gates are part of the eight sets of gates throughout the Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal waterways. Managed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, each set of the canal’s gates is refurbished on a rotational basis every five years. The Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canals form the historic Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which provides pleasure boaters and commercial shippers with a protected inland channel between Norfolk, Va., and Miami, Fla. The Dismal Swamp Canal is the oldest continually operating manmade canal in the United States. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Gerald Rogers)
Reinstalling gates at the Dismal Swamp
SOUTH MILLS, N.C. — After nearly three months of rehabilitation work on lock gates at the Dismal Swamp Canal’s South Mills lock here, Mar. 6, 2012. A crew from U.S. Facilities, Inc., reinstall the two gates, which will safely extend their serviceability for up to 15 years. The two gates are part of the eight sets of gates throughout the Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal waterways. Managed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, each set of the canal’s gates is refurbished on a rotational basis every five years. The Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canals form the historic Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which provides pleasure boaters and commercial shippers with a protected inland channel between Norfolk, Va., and Miami, Fla. The Dismal Swamp Canal is the oldest continually operating manmade canal in the United States. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Gerald Rogers)