GL: Highest Lock?
Bill Marett
Bill.Marett at ag.tn.gov
Thu Jul 30 10:09:56 EDT 2009
Bryan said: "By the way, the higher lock in North America is on the Ottawa
river, at
Carillon, 66 ft or so in one single lock. Check
www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/canalcarillon/index.aspx<http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/
lhn-nhs/qc/canalcarillon/index.aspx>"
Sorry, I beg to differ. The highest single lift lock east of the Rocky's is
Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama; with a normal lift of
100 feet.
http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/locks/wilson/
Bill Marett
46' Jefferson "Travis McGee"
Nashville, TN
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