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Six Locks 2 Lock No 16

 
Lock 16, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, Great Falls, Potomac, MD, United States of America
 
Information about the place
Six Locks 2 Lock No 16 is a minor waterways place on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Guard Lock No 8 (169.96 miles and 58 locks to the northwest) and Rock Creek (Junction of the Potomac River with Rock Creek ) (14.55 miles and 16 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Guard Lock No 8 is Stop Gate No 1; 0.10 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Rock Creek is Six Locks 1 Lock No 15; 0.21 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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[Mortise lock] lock is to be fitted. In most parts of the world, mortise locks are found on older buildings constructed before the advent of bored cylindrical locks [Caen Hill Locks] 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups: the lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers [Ballard Locks] and Magnolia to the south.: 2 : 6  The Ballard Locks carry more boat traffic than any other lock in the US, and the Locks, along with the fish ladder [Pin tumbler lock] cylinder locks, but may also be found in tubular pin tumbler locks (also known as radial locks or ace locks). The first known example of a tumbler lock was [Lock and key] implementation, a key operates one lock or set of locks that are keyed alike, a lock/key system where each similarly keyed lock requires the same, unique key [Electronic lock] Play media An electronic lock (or electric lock) is a locking device which operates by means of electric current. Electric locks are sometimes stand-alone [Bingley Five Rise Locks] Locks is a staircase lock on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Bingley (grid reference SE107399). As the name implies, a boat passing through the lock [Tardebigge Locks] the Stoke Prior flight of six narrow locks to the South. The Tardebigge Engine House is also on this stretch. The top lock has a rise of eleven feet, [Panama Canal expansion project] ships, which have a greater cargo capacity than the current locks can handle. The new lock chambers are 180 ft (54.86 m) wide, 1,400 ft (426.72 m) long [Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal] river locks (not counting the guard locks) were used for traffic coming from Virginia. The Goose Creek locks were 0.2 miles below Edwards Ferry (Lock 25)
 
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