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  • 1lock — I. n. 1. Fastening. 2. Grapple, hug. 3. Enclosure, lock up. 4. Weir guard lock. 5. Lift lock (of a canal). 6. Tuft, tress, ringlet. 7. Tuft, flock, plexus …

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  • 2Lock (water transport) — Canal lock and lock keeper s cottage on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England …

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  • 3Fox-Wisconsin Waterway — The Fox Wisconsin Waterway is a waterway formed by the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. First used by European settlers in 1673 during the expedition of Marquette Joliet, it was one of the principal routes used by travelers between the Great Lakes and… …

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  • 4Columbia Canal — Not to be confused with Columbia Canal (British Columbia). Columbia Canal U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 5Manchester Ship Canal — The Stolt Kittiwake heading toward the Mersey Estuary, 2005 Principal engineer Edward Leader Williams Date of act …

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  • 7Radyr — Coordinates: 51°31′N 3°16′W /  …

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  • 8Oresteia — The Eumenides redirects here. For mythological deities, see Erinyes. For the Russian language opera, see Oresteia (opera). The Oresteia (Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the… …

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  • 9Diffusion of technology in Canada — This article outlines the history of the diffusion or spread of technology in Canada. Technologies chosen for treatment here include, in rough order, transportation, communication, energy, materials, industry, public works, public services… …

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  • 10Miami and Erie Canal — Barge General Harrison of Piqua on the canal in the Piqua, Ohio, Historical Area, in July 2006. Note the captain steering the canal boat and the towing donkey on the towpath on the far side. The canal is wide enough to permit two barges to pass.… …

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