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- Caisson_lock abstract "A caisson lock was invented in the late 18th century as a solution to minimise the use of great volumes of water required to raise and lower canal boats through large height differences. It was normal to only raise and lower boats through small height differences of a few feet when traversing undulating terrain. A solution was required when either large height differences were encountered or water was in short supply. The Caisson (or Caisoon) was thought to be one solution. The technology of the time was not capable of achieving this type of construction economically with current building materials. This design attempted was a type of canal lock in which a narrowboat is floated into a sealed watertight box and raised or lowered between two different canal water levels. It was designed primarily as a water-saving measure, and also was an attempt to minimise construction costs compared with other engineering solutions of the time. In use it was capable of replacing up to seven conventional locks. Other design benefits were speed of boat descent/ascent, and only a little loss of water when operating compared with a conventional boat lock.".
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- Caisson_lock wikiPageRevisionID "696126799".
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Balance_lock.
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- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Boulton_and_Watt.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Buoyancy.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Caisson_(engineering).
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Camden_Lock.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Canal_inclined_plane.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Canal_pound.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Category:Boat_lifts.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_England.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_Somerset.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Somerset.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Category:Locks_(water_transport).
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Category:Locks_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Cistern.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Combe_Hay.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Fullers_earth.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Kennet_and_Avon_Canal.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Lock_(water_navigation).
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- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Masonry.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Narrowboat.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Neutral_buoyancy.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Oakengates.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Pressure.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Prince_regent.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Rack_and_pinion.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Ratchet_(device).
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Regents_Canal.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Weldon.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Shropshire_Canal.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Somerset_Coal_Canal.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Tonne.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Vertical_funicular.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink Watt_steam_engine.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink File:Caisson_lockenglish.svg.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLink File:Coombe_Hay_Lock.png.
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLinkText "Caisson lock".
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLinkText "caisson lock".
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLinkText "caisson".
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLinkText "caissons".
- Caisson_lock wikiPageWikiLinkText "hydropneumatic lock".
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- Caisson_lock subject Category:Boat_lifts.
- Caisson_lock subject Category:Canals_in_England.
- Caisson_lock subject Category:Canals_in_Somerset.
- Caisson_lock subject Category:History_of_Somerset.
- Caisson_lock subject Category:Locks_(water_transport).
- Caisson_lock subject Category:Locks_of_the_United_Kingdom.
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- Caisson_lock comment "A caisson lock was invented in the late 18th century as a solution to minimise the use of great volumes of water required to raise and lower canal boats through large height differences. It was normal to only raise and lower boats through small height differences of a few feet when traversing undulating terrain. A solution was required when either large height differences were encountered or water was in short supply. The Caisson (or Caisoon) was thought to be one solution.".
- Caisson_lock label "Caisson lock".
- Caisson_lock differentFrom Caisson_(lock_gate).
- Caisson_lock sameAs Q99483.
- Caisson_lock sameAs Ascenseur_à_caisson_du_canal_à_charbon_du_Somersetshire.
- Caisson_lock sameAs m.025zvdc.
- Caisson_lock sameAs Q99483.
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- Caisson_lock depiction Caisson_lockenglish.svg.
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