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The locks would close around the ship or barge and water would lift. Then the lock would open for the ship to continue.
What else can I help you with?
How do water locks work?
Water locks allow ships to move from one level of water to another through canals.
What are facts about canals?
the canals hold reservoirs and locks
Is the Suez Canal the only canal without canal locks?
No. Most, but not all, other canals have canal locks. Most canals are not built on flat land. Another without locks is the Corinth Canal.
Locks used on rivers and lakes?
No, they are only used on canals
Is the st Lawrence seaway a series of glaciers?
no it is a series of locks ,channels,and canals
Why are locks needed on some canals and not others?
Locks are needed when the waterway flows down/up hill. Instead of going over a waterfall, you 'lower' the vessel using a series of locks.
How do locks make canals more useful?
By raising and lowering the water level - apex :D
The St Lawrence Waterway has many locks what do locks do why are they needed on some canals but not on others'?
Locks on canals are used as a means of effectively going up or down hill. Water will always find its own level, therefore letting water flow into a system of locks allows gradients to be navigated by the vessels using the waterway. The number of locks will depend on how flat or otherwise the land needed to be passed through!
What was added to the canal to help boats handle changes in elevation?
The word is locks. Canals usually have to have locks to raise or lower a boat from one part of a canal to another.
What is the system used for?
to use in jaws of life to save crash victims and thinds like locks in canals
The St Lawrence Seaway is a system of canals and locks that opened a shipping lane from the Great Lakes to the?
Atlantic Ocean
What is the Hydraulic system used for?
to use in jaws of life to save crash victims and thinds like locks in canals
