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Seven Locks 6 Lock No 13

 
Lock 13, Capital Beltway, Potomac, MD 20817-5700, United States of America
 
Information about the place
Seven Locks 6 Lock No 13 is a minor waterways place on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Guard Lock No 8 (174.44 miles and 61 locks to the northwest) and Rock Creek (Junction of the Potomac River with Rock Creek ) (10.07 miles and 13 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Guard Lock No 8 is Seven Locks 7 Lock No 14; 0.08 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Rock Creek is American Legion Memorial Bridge; 0.02 miles away.

There may not be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

 
 
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[Caen Hill Locks] or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups: the lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers Bridge Lock, are spread over 3⁄4 mile [Lock (water navigation)] water-level in the lock. The two deepest locks on the English canal system are Bath deep lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal and Tuel Lane Lock on the Rochdale [Teddington Lock] Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England [Panama Canal expansion project] set of locks will allow transit of larger, Post-Panamax ships, which have a greater cargo capacity than the current locks can handle. The new lock chambers [Whilton Locks] Whilton Locks is the name of a flight of seven locks on the Grand Union Canal near Daventry, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. They are also [Chesapeake and Ohio Canal] only aqueduct on the C&O that is also a lock (Lock 24, Riley's Lock). Seven guard locks, often called inlet locks (numbered 1 through 8) were built to allow [Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal] contractors working on the lock after a lapse of time. Most locks were fitted with V gates, but some locks, particularly around Seven Locks (7, 9, 10, and 12) [Watford Locks] Gap service area. The locks are formed (looking from the south), of two single locks, a staircase of four, and a final single lock. Together they lift the [Caisson lock] solutions of the time. In use it was capable of replacing up to seven conventional locks. Other design benefits were speed of boat descent/ascent, and only [Welland Canal] stretched 44 km (27 mi) between the two lakes, with 40 wooden locks. The minimum lock size was 33.5 by 6.7 m (110 by 22 ft), with a minimum canal depth of 2.4 m
 
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