New filling and emptying system for navigation locks will save TVA estimated $1 million in construction of locks now under way and contemplated; system is called multiple port, because of hundreds of standard 8-in. pipes imbedded in each of lock walls that serve as ports connecting culverts in lock walls with lock chamber; advantages of new design as to speed and safety.
TVA's new lock design offers savings and safety
Eng News -- Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 168 , n 15 ; p 34-35
1962
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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