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How a Lock Works — Lowering the Boat
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 3, 2017
Caption: How a Lock Works — Lowering the Boat
Additional Description: The locktender opens the downstream paddles. Water flows out and the boat is lowered.
Close-up of image on marker

Submitted: May 5, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p381769
File Size: 0.780 Megabytes

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