Talk:Miami and Erie Canal
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I don't know what a "guard lock" is, but a "lift lock" is a rare and specialized kind -- a kind of "ship lift", like the Peterborough lift locks in Peterborough Ontario. -- Geo Swan 18:55, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
This article cries out for a map, or a link to a map
Done and done! Link added, article on guard lock created. --K4 pacific 06:19, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] canal locks are not lift locks
A lift lock is a rare and specialized kind of lock. In a lift lock vessels proceed into a caisson, a kind of basin, which is then lifted on a large elevator. See the Anderton Boat Lift.
There is a larger article on lift locks, with better pictures, in the French wikipedia.
