On 9/15/06, trainfinder22 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In New York all the locks have a attendent or lockmaster. > In Ohio on the Scito River the locks there need a weeks notice for a > attendent to be sceduled. The Only self serve lock in in the > Androdacks on Sararnac lake for small boats
The majority of canal locks are self (and hand) operated. There are some exceptions, but often you still help out with the locks. On some bigger waterways like the River Trent, Thames, Severn etc, locks are mechanised and operated by lock keepers. Some can be operated by boaters out of hours. Some comercial waterways (Aire and Calder for example) normally leave lock operations to the boater, but will man the locks for a passing barge - normally a small team travelling from lock to lock. Most tidal locks (Keadby, Torksey, Limehouse, Brentford) have lock keepers that normally keep tide times, i.e. 2 hours either side of high water for Brentford for example. These days however many are being limited to operation during the day unless you book your out of hour passage. For an example of a good range of UK navigations my webpages have many images, and some videos. Check out: http://shoestring.zapto.org/pics/Hols2004/index.html and for views of the Thames (as well as many inland canals): http://shoestring.zapto.org/pics/Hols2000/index.html I've enjoyed your information on American canals, there are some interesting waterways, and I have done the virtual tourist thing of using Google Earth to fly along the Intercoastal waterway from Cape Corel, across Florida, upto NY, and then on to the lakes along the Erie via the Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. Cheers, Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring.zapto.org/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
