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Old 24-05-2008, 12:51   #1
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Feeling very very very small!



It just boggles my mind to know the Lake Ships fill these locks!!!
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Makes ya feel like the Ty-D-Bowl guy doesn't it?

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Where is that locks located?
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Old 18-07-2008, 15:53   #5
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Boy, that *is* a big lock! Wow. When you look at the water level marks on the side... huge!

Here is a photo of one of our "bigger" locks from the Erie Canal, but it's big only in terms of water level, not sheer volume.

We started at the top of the line my wife is holding.
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Old 18-07-2008, 15:55   #6
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Seems big until you are sitting there waiting to tack across a channel after a container ship passes. And waiting, and waiting, and waiting...
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haha...thanks. From Toronto!

How many locks is it to atlantic?
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haha...thanks. From Toronto!

How many locks is it to atlantic?
The answer to this is always: "More than you had hoped there would be."
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The answer to this is always: "More than you had hoped there would be."
We have Göta Canal in Sweden... This and Gota alv is from stockholm-gothenburg if i remember right it is over 120 locks.

If the trip is alternately if you understund me, it doesnt matter so much.
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