Water-saving lock configurations and operations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8545131
APP PUB NO 20100260549A1
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12747292

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A two-lane ship lock having center-wall tanks that hold water drained from one lane for use in filling the second lane as the unit is operated. The method reduces transit water-use where a lock connects a waterway to a sea with large daily tides by capturing seawater in a lagoon at high tide for use at start of chamber refilling during lower tides.

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SHELTON BERT GUSTAVNot Provided

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Shelton, Bert Gustav Houston, US 1 1

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