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IN Now&"=" PIP rl[ -". I -- - 21776-The Cliilean Steamer Teno in Upper Chamber Approaching Guard Chain, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal. The vessel -here shown in Gatun Lock is moving in the direction of the Atlantic Ocean, Gatun Lake being in the back- ground. The emergency dam car be clearly seen at the end of the side wail just back of the Teno'; smoke stack. Of the protective devices employed in the locks, there is the emergency dam, mentioned above, which may effectually shut off the flow of water through the lock in case some serious acci- dent should happen to the gates, and there are the feAder chains as shown in this view. Each of fheie chains weighs 24,098 pounds. There are twenty-four in number and they are placed on the upper side of the gates. They prevent the locks from being Copi''ight I9Q15 by The rammed by a ship that may approach the gates under its own power, or that should escape from the locomotives. In operation the chain is stretched across the lock-cham- ber from the top of the opposing walls, and vhen it is desired to allow a ship to pass, the chain is lowered in a groove to the lock floor. It is raised again when the ship has passed over it. The raising and lowering are accomplished from both sides by mech- anism mounted in pits in the lock walls. The vessel that strikes this chain is not brought to a standstill suddenly, but is eased down, the maximum tension being 73 feet. Keystone View Compitany. 0 .. r~.* C-~-*r Yl~isY~ir21` i, i ~PI'P'-~YCI' W: ..~.~ I~Y, 5~- ;:Cr=l .. r $ rU |
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