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FBaggins

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18. The lake is an essential part of the canal

Reply to jaxexpat (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 29, 2021, 12:59 PM

Mar 2021

It's the reservoir that supplies water for the canal locks. Most of the canal is well above sea level, so there would be no way of transiting unless the locks could lift you ~ 80-85 ft and then lower you on the other side. Each cycle loses water.

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