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.

[edit] Demise of the canals in Ohio

Of course, the outset of rail travel had to have been a factor since the quicker speed of trains was previously unknown. However, the canals sustained severe damage in 1913 and again in 1937 due to heavy rainfall and flooding.

A good book on the canals is 'Canal Days' by Randolph Downes.

Musicwriter (talk) 21:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

== A GUARD LOCK ==

A guard lock if I'm understanding what I've read completely isn't like a normal canal locks, they aren't used to raise and lower the boats like the normal locks would be throughout the rising and falling of the watershed level. They are actually in place where the canal meets feeds or rivers to keep the canal moving in its own path and not just moving with the river or feed path. They are also in place as a sort of emergency flood control as well.