Former emphasis on presumed race, in which John A. Scott could write an article on Achaean blondness, compared to the dark locks of " Mediterranean " Poseidon, on the basis of hints in Homer, has been laid aside.

However, the onward sections from Braunston to Birmingham had been built as ' narrow ' canals – that is, the locks could accommodate only a single narrowboat.

Although the Grand Union company had a number of broad boats built to take advantage of the improvements, they never really caught on and the canal continued to be operated largely by pairs of narrow boats, whose journeys were facilitated by the newly widened locks in which they could breast up.

The construction works on the locks have been stalled for many years due to lack of funding, but it is possible that they will be included in a massive development program launched by the Brazilian government in 2007, in which case they could be operational within about four years.

In Universal Century, the space-based Principality of Zeon rebels against Earth Federation, requiring a weapons system that could function in zero and normal gravity and be able to open and close air locks, plant demolition charges, and engage with enemy tanks and planes ; with a robotic giant being an excellent choice.

It might take a car five seconds to stop from 60 mph ( 96. 6 km / h ) under ideal conditions, but a wheel that locks up could stop spinning in less than a second.

There they could perform different functions: some blocked the cavity through which the nuclear materials were shot to create a reaction ; other locks blocked circuits ; and some simply prevented access to the control panel.

Due to the construction of 11 locks, ships up to 1500t could travel to Heilbronn in 1935.

Completed in 1914, it joined Massachusetts Bay and Buzzards Bay and demonstrated that a canal without locks could be built between two bodies of water where considerable tidal differences existed.

It has since been suggested that a rail bridge could carry smaller, modern trains over the locks, so a rail link is possible.

There was now no horse to look after, but someone had to steer the butty, unless on a wide canal such as the Grand Union Canal where the two boats could be roped side-to-side or ' breasted up ', and handled as one while working locks.

In 1653, a printed pamphlet suggested that 33 locks to bypass the mills could be built for £ 8, 000, to make the river navigable.

As he could not charge these boats for use of the locks, the situation was resolved for a time in 1906 by the formation of the River Ouse Locks Committee, who rented the locks between Great Barford and Bedford.

By the 1950s, the southern section was un-navigable by canal boats, as several of the locks could not be operated, and some of the small pounds between the locks of the Wilmcote flight were dry.

These could tow ten keels, carrying 700 tons, but were held up at locks, as the keels had to be worked through one at a time.

Soon afterwards, extra compartments were ordered, as experience showed that a tug and seven compartments could fit into the larger locks.

To remain competitive, the company extended the hours during which locks could be used, until they were available 24 hours a day by 1830.

The locks were constructed to take barges which were and each could carry around 25 tons.

Their report, presented in October 1888, suggested that the existing locks on the route from Sheffield to Keadby were inadequate, but that the waterway could be upgraded to take 300 to 500 tonne boats by building new locks alongside the old, without disrupting traffic.

The largest boats that could be accommodated were 110-tonne vessels, although some of the locks were lengthened to take compartment boats.

The lower section, from Sandplace to Looe, would use locks and be larger, so that barges used on the river could bring limestone to some proposed limekilns.

So Achilles consecrated his hair to the river Spercheus and vowed not to cut it until he should return safe from Troy ; and the Hebrew Nazarite, whose strength resided in his flowing locks, only cut them off and burned them on the altar when the days of his vow were ended, and he could return to ordinary life, having achieved his mission.

" It earned this nickname from the troubles that couples have to endure while trying to navigate the many locks by themselves.

For example, when the computers at MIT were protected either by physical locks or login programs, the hackers there systematically worked around them in order to have access to the machines.

This dam has locks, but they have not always operated well, and the river has been little used from Khartoum to the port of Kusti, a railroad crossing 319 kilometers upstream.

Camp Hill Locks in Birmingham were not widened, as it would have been very expensive and of little point, since they lead only to further flights of locks not in the ownership of the Grand Union.

In other facilities, a PIN code or proximity card access system may allow customers access into the building, and individual cages / cabinets have locks.

Taylor commented about Raeder's claim to have been just an apolitical professional doing his job was meaningless because: " It is an innocent and respectable business to be a locksmith, but it is nonetheless a crime if the locksmith turns his talents into picking the locks of his neighbours and looting their homes.

When Thor discovers this, he grabs hold of Loki, resulting in Loki swearing to have a headpiece made of gold to replace Sif's locks.

Simek rejects notions of a " vegetation cult " venerating Sif, says that Sif does not appear to have a function, dismisses theories proposing connections between Sif's hair and grain as " over-zealous interpretation ", and theorizes that Snorri invented the story of Sif's shorn locks in attempt to explain the attributes of various gods.

It remained in use until 1934 and, although the upper two locks have been replaced by sluices and Geldeston lock is derelict, the Environment Agency have negotiated with local landowners to allow use by canoes and unpowered vessels which can be portaged around the locks.

The bolt action's locking lugs are normally at the front of the breech ( some designs have additional " safety lugs " at the rear ) and this contributes to potential accuracy compared to a design which locks the breech at the rear, such as a lever action.

Wainford and Ellingham locks have since been converted into sluices, but the Environment Agency has negotiated with local landowners to allow the use of this section by canoes and unpowered craft.

Attempts have been made to bring it into more general use, but without success ; and it is only in particular circumstances that navigation, with the aid either of locks or inclined planes to surmount the elevations, will not present a more convenient medium for an extended trade.

The changes in height, which would have necessitated many locks for a canal, was relatively easy for a railway.

The canal and its locks, its boats and its boatmen, together with the boatman ’ s horn, have long since passed away.

The simplest way to open the majority of pin locks is to insert a key ( or variety of keys ) which have been cut so that each peak of the key is equal and has been cut down to the lowest groove of the key.

To prevent picking of locks, numerous methods have been employed throughout history, in addition to locks which must be reset using a master key if they have been tampered with e. g. the Chubb detector lock.

In the context of British Inland Waterways, " narrow boat " refers to the original working boats built in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries for carrying goods on the narrow canals ( where locks and bridge holes would have a minimal MAXIMUM width of ; some locks on the Shropshire Union are even smaller ).

A commercial, and in some respects a social doubt has been started within the last year or two, whether it is right to discuss so openly the security or insecurity of locks.

A commercial, and in some respects a social doubt has been started within the last year or two, whether or not it is right to discuss so openly the security or insecurity of locks.

The river has been canalized with 34 large locks () to allow CEMT class V () vessels to navigate the total length of the river.

It was announced in July 2009 that the Belgian dredging company Jan De Nul, together with a consortium of contractors consisting of the Spanish Sacyr Vallehermoso, the Italian Impregilo, and the Panamanian company Grupo Cusa, had been awarded the contract to build the six new locks.

This realigned the canal to the south of its former course ; the locks here are still referred to-without irony-as " The New ' Uns " by traditional boaters, and the term has been passed on to a new generation of canal users.

The locks to the chamber doors had been tampered with and the chamberlain had not posted guards ; both victims were then put to the sword.

Basil with a number of his male relatives, plus other accomplices, entered Michael's apartment ; the locks had been tampered with and no guard had been placed.

All the locks had been built to different dimensions and he spent the next three years rebuilding most of them.

The Hanwell flight of six locks raises the Grand Union Canal by just over and has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by English Heritage.

Provision for a railway line linking North Holland and Friesland ( between Anna Paulowna and Harlingen ) had been included on the Afsluitdijk, in the form of a linear reservation, along with extra drawbridge abutments at the locks.

By the 1850s, the slack water system of locks and dams had been developed by the Monongahela Navigation Company ( later acquired by the Army Corp of Engineers ), allowing for year-round travel to and from Pittsburgh to the Greensboro area.

Until recently, a rail link over a barrage had been ruled out because it would contain a huge set of shipping locks that the rails would need to traverse.