This is Lock #3 of the Welland Canal.
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At first, I thought the following photo was of Lock #1 because it has that canal next to the lock. But I could not find a skyway downstream from that lock. While looking for this lock, I discovered that locks 1-3 have the same basic design, which makes sense.
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| John Bridge posted Federal Yukon from the skyway at St Catherine’s. Ken Morrison: G3 Marquis coming the other way, in the distance... |
This lock also has a museum.
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| 해운대미용실화미주해운대점, May 2018 |
This diagram shows that Lock #3 is close to the base of the Niagara Escarpment.
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| cdn, p1 |
This view shows that the lift of the lock is higher than the canal depth. In fact, the ship draft is 27' (8.2m), the depth over the sill is 30' (9.1m) and the lift of this lock is 46' (14m). [Dennis DeBruler]
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| eric gingras, Aug 2019 |
The 46' (14m) lift is high enough that the decks of the ships are below the top of the lock when they are at the lower pool level.
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| NELUM TENNAKOON, May 2017 |
I wonder what kind of stresses the propwash puts on the gates.
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| Vicki Johnson, Jun 2019 |
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| Darcy Aitchison, Jun 2017 |
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| Rick Stout posted Up bound Lock 3 in the Welland Canal with a 55 ft Neptunus Yacht bound for its new owner in Georgian Bay. Transiting with the Coast Guard Vessel Kelso for the day. Janey Anderson: How lucky!! You get to travel with a CCGS KELSO! She's a "Near Shore Fisheries Research Vessel" Drop the name Ship Junkies when you got nothing else to talk about in the flight locks. |
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| Rick commented on his post Clayton Healey: Still using lines people ashore in the locks? Rick Stout: Clayton Healey Just for the pleasure craft and things the cups don't work on. |
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| Screenshot @ 0:01 Fresh from Lock 3, Welland Canal. [This is probably the 400' USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul. It was commissioned in Duluth on May 21, 2022. "The “Littoral Combat Ship” was built by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wis. With a shallow draft, it is designed to operate in waters out to 25 miles from shore. The ship isn’t powered by a traditional propeller, but instead uses water jets — huge versions of those found on jet skis. Electronics maintenance officer Joseph Varello said they allow the vessel to slow down, and accelerate, faster than any other Navy ship. “Think of an Olympic sized swimming pool,” explained Cmdr. White. “And think of moving that volume of water every second through our propulsion system. So that is how much thrust vector that we generate.” The ship was originally scheduled to be commissioned in Duluth last spring, about a year after it was christened and launched in June, 2019. But it was delayed to fix a flaw in its propulsion system." [mprnews]] |
A 7:16 video of a salty entering the lock (source) It must be a high-value cargo because, judging by the bow-bulb sticking out, it is lightly loaded. All of the cargo is on the deck. That has to make this ship top-heavy. I wonder if they load a lot more ballast when they are in the open ocean. A deck cargo means the hatch covers have to be really strong.
Alan Wooler posted two photos with the comment: "Lock 3 upper end and a quick peak over the top to see the Sea Eagle II and her barge waiting for us to come out."
[I quickly decided this was not #3 on the Mississippi.]
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| Amy Daggett posted SUPERSTRUCTURES Leo A McArthur's wheelhouse with a good view of how she articulates with her barge, John J Carrick while she was down in Lock 3. |
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