Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber in which the water level can be varied; whereas in a caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a canal inclined plane, it is the chamber itself (usually then called a caisson) that rises and falls.Locks are used to make a river more easily navigable, or to allow a canal to take a reasonably direct line across land that is not level."@en }
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- Lock_(water_transport) abstract "A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber in which the water level can be varied; whereas in a caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a canal inclined plane, it is the chamber itself (usually then called a caisson) that rises and falls.Locks are used to make a river more easily navigable, or to allow a canal to take a reasonably direct line across land that is not level.".