| CANAL LOCKS Various shots of a new type of canal lock - barge seen moving through the lock. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6721 | |
| Catalog #: | 373308 | |
| Clip Number: | 373308-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 69 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:10 - 01:46:12 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Canals & Locks LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Barge | |
| Description: | CANAL LOCKS Various shots of a new type of canal lock - barge seen moving through the lock. New canal locks can transfer 500 tons between canals of different levels. Shot looking down at 2 barges rising. Small barge heading into lock. It disappears. Great shot of many cogs turning. Counterweights rising. Shot from below of dock lowering - looks like floor of large elevator coming down. Barge in the lowering dock. Wider shot of dockgate opening (raising from the water); barge is behind it. Barge heads out into the canal. | |
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