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Seven Locks 5 Lock No 12

 
Lock 12, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, Cabin John, Montgomery County, MD 20817-5700, United States of America
 
Information about the place
Seven Locks 5 Lock No 12 is a minor waterways place on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Guard Lock No 8 (174.54 miles and 62 locks to the northwest) and Rock Creek (Junction of the Potomac River with Rock Creek ) (9.97 miles and 12 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Guard Lock No 8 is American Legion Memorial Bridge; 0.08 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Rock Creek is Seven Locks 4 Lock No 11; 0.33 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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[Lock (water navigation)] the lock on their level and therefore set the lock in their favour – saving about 5 to 10 minutes. However, this is not true for staircase locks, where [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 [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 [Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal] shown that steamboats took 5 or 7 minutes to lock through going upstream or downstream (respectively). Guard locks (inlet locks) regulated the water supply [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 [Fonseranes Locks] side of chamber seven, which is permanently kept at its upper water level. The flight is therefore effectively made up of six locks. The lower gates [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 [Lock keeper] in Britain. Many previously manned locks are now unmanned. The Kentucky River Museum is located in a former lock operator's dwelling. The Lehigh Coal [Chesapeake and Ohio Canal] knocking out gate in Lock No. 5 [Brookmont Lock] Nov. 12, 1877, Capt. Joseph Little, fined $10 for running into crib at Lock No. 9 [Seven Locks] July 4, 1878 [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
 
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