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    Jan 4, 2013, 03:18 PM
    Rivers and Canals
    What is the difference between a Roman canal lock and a British waterways canal lock?- is it in the lock gate design or the lock construction?- references to any answer would also be appreciated.
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    Jan 4, 2013, 04:35 PM
    Hi mountain walker. I live in an area of Ontario where there is an extensive lock system between lakes which were built in the mid 1800s by manpower only. Your question interests me but my reference library is limited, and quite actually this is really obscure research. The lock systems were quite different concerning man-created, or excavated canals, opposed to a river lock systems. Do your question is double edged.

    Is this research you are doing or homework?
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    Jan 4, 2013, 04:38 PM
    Does this help?

    Lock (water transport) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    I grew up near the man-made Erie Canal and have visited the man-made Welland Canal near Niagara Falls -- very different lock systems from those on the Mississippi River which I have also seen at work. (Tickle is correct.)
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    Jan 4, 2013, 05:14 PM
    WG, good link, but this is like what came first, the chicken or egg. I too am very interested to learn just how the romans initiated this, but the fact remains, the locks systems were left over from roman times, so the british just adapted them to better use is my best answer. So basically, that is the answer, not necessarily our lock systems on your side,my side, but what was left over from the romans is IT,
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    Jan 4, 2013, 05:21 PM
    Well, the Romans were noted for their aqueducts, although the Wikipedia article does mention Roman thinking regarding locks*. Or maybe the question concerns the locks at Rome, NY, at the Old Erie Canal where the canal walking/biking trail crosses the canal.

    *Roman canals and locks

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