The description of the lock seems like a vertical version of the horizontal 'gates' that lie on the bed of the Thames that compose the river barrier.
Steve Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Captain Beeky <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:20:23 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Ribble Link On 19 Jun 2009, at 14:31, [email protected] wrote: > Can anyone clarify this for me and point to a photo that shows the > nature of the gate? Apologies if this reply turns up several times in fractured form. I responded in instalments using an email address that may not be subscribed to this list. I don't know much about the Ribble Link, but I had a look on Google earth and compared it with Nicholsons. The latter shows Lock 9 "Rotating Sealock" but Google reveals only some wooden pilings in their high-ish water shot. I wondered if this construction is part weir and part rotating gate on a horizontal axis which ties in with your suggestion. I found it strange that one can see no part of any gate so I perused the TNC reports and all came clear when I found the following dated July 4th 2003 "we went through the rotating sea lock (RH side, the other side is a fixed weir!)" There are some pictures of Neil's passage, so-to-speak, but still no gate in sight. Beeky ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ 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/
