shen, go look it up **if** you know how, and see just what the CG or C of E
says. but what do they know, right?

There is a gate there and it is open most of the time. the purpose of the gate
is to slow movement of salty ocean water into less salty bay water. I believe
sometimes it is left open and does not then serve its intended purpose.

btw, for several miles south of the canal is very shallow Hamptons Bay, which
was a swamp until the Hurricane of 1938.

From: (Shen44)
Date: 10/18/2004 12:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Subject: Shinnecock Inlet
From: Wayne.B
On 17 Oct 2004 17:43:55 GMT, (Shen44) wrote:

Question.
Does this "lock" include a chamber that you bring boats into, close a gate
at
both ends

Yes

then raise or lower the water level in some way so that you are
either higher or lower than when you entered the chamber?

There is a difference in water level (that's what causes the tidal
current flow), but it is fairly minimal compared to most locks found
at river dams.

If my memory is correct they equalize water levels by cracking open
the lock gates, ie, no sluice way or valves, but I'm not sure of that.


Thanks, Wayne. I'd call it a lock.
The fact that the difference may not be all that great or that they don't
always use it that way (am I right in that they sometimes just leave both
gates
open?).
Now, the fact that Doodles doesn't think it's a lock, is immaterial, and
since
he hasn't shown any CG or Corp statements to the contrary, I'd say we can put
another of his stupid arguments in the junk file.

Shen