Nick Atty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:41:07 -0000, you wrote:
>
>> the problem with locks is that they take too long to fill or empty
>>20 min is avarage.. Is there a high Speed Lock in operation anywere?
>
>20 minutes! Nothing like that in general - we've done over 50 locks in
>a day before now, which would be over 16 hours just for the locks!
>
>The locks on the Nene can empty very quickly indeed when you are raising
>the gates to empty them without a boat in, or below! I bet they're a
>lot slower now they are mechanised.
The electric locks on the Lee are *much* slower under boater operation
than they were with keepers. Quite unnecessarily so, IMHO.
Nanny rules!
Adrian
Adrian Stott
07956-299966
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