The view or two from my "office"

Yesterdays office was at Lock 3 on the Welland Canal watching two ships using the lock. The lock is part of the greater St Lawrence Seaway System.

Each lock is 233.5 metres long (766 feet), 24.4 metres wide (80 feet) and 9.1 metres deep (30 feet) over the sill. A lock fills with approximately 91 million litres of water in 7-10 mins.
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The Federal Nakagawa entering the empty lock.
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The Nakagawa's 200 mtrs long with a dead weight of 36,500 tons. There' s less than a metre gap between the ship and the lock wall.
 
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