1:25 scale model tests were carried out to determine adequacy of intake and discharge manifolds, maximum permissible lock filling and emptying rates, best location and spacing of sidewall ports and of bulkhead slots; tests approved original design in general but suggested 38 new ports in walls and better location for bulkhead slots.
Filling and emptying system -- Old river navigation lock Louisiana
US Waterways Experiment Station -- Tech Report
1960
52 pages
38 Plates
Report
English
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