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JAXAshby wrote:
so, jeffie, are those "locks" or "gates" across The Race, or the East River, or the Harlem River, or the Verizano Narrows, or Block Island Sound, or the Cape Cod canal? Nope. No need for locks there, even though the tidal differences are over 2 feet in these areas. Gee, they all have currents equal to or greater than the Shinnecock canal. What's your point? Each situation is different. And the locks were added to the Shinnecock Canal before the Shinnecock Inlet was opened by the Hurricane of '38. So what did you say the purpose of a lock is, jeffies? Here's a quote I'll repeat from a local magazine. If you have trouble with the big words we can help you: "This problem [erosion in the canal] was solved by building tide gates and, in 1919, a lock in the canal. The one-way tide gates -- pushed open by high tides running south from Peconic Bay and pushed closed by high tides running from the opposite direction -- ensure that enough water flushes out of Peconic Bay into Shinnecock Bay to carry all the sand and silt that would otherwise accumulate and block the canal. The lock, rebuilt about 30 years ago, allows boats to be floated up or down to meet the differing water levels at either end." http://www.newsday.com/community/gui...ory-navigation |
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JAXAshby wrote:
jeffies, fumb duck that you are, you just quoted a newpaper reported who clearly states that there is a LOCK there. Isn't that what I've been claiming all along? Are you now reversing sides completely? You're the one who has been claiming that there isn't a lock there. From: Jeff Morris Date: 12/5/2004 5:43 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: JAXAshby wrote: so, jeffie, are those "locks" or "gates" across The Race, or the East River, or the Harlem River, or the Verizano Narrows, or Block Island Sound, or the Cape Cod canal? Nope. No need for locks there, even though the tidal differences are over 2 feet in these areas. Gee, they all have currents equal to or greater than the Shinnecock canal. What's your point? Each situation is different. And the locks were added to the Shinnecock Canal before the Shinnecock Inlet was opened by the Hurricane of '38. So what did you say the purpose of a lock is, jeffies? Here's a quote I'll repeat from a local magazine. If you have trouble with the big words we can help you: "This problem [erosion in the canal] was solved by building tide gates and, in 1919, a lock in the canal. The one-way tide gates -- pushed open by high tides running south from Peconic Bay and pushed closed by high tides running from the opposite direction -- ensure that enough water flushes out of Peconic Bay into Shinnecock Bay to carry all the sand and silt that would otherwise accumulate and block the canal. The lock, rebuilt about 30 years ago, allows boats to be floated up or down to meet the differing water levels at either end." http://www.newsday.com/community/gui...6,0,6426268.st ory?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation |
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so, fumb duck, the shinnecock needs a "lock" because of the tidal difference,
but The Race, Hell Gate, the East River, the Verizanno Narrows, the Harlem River, Block Island Sound, the Cape Cod canal and the Cape May canal do not even the "tidal difference" is greater????????????? jeffies, do you even bother to read WTF you write? From: Jeff Morris Date: 12/5/2004 5:43 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: JAXAshby wrote: so, jeffie, are those "locks" or "gates" across The Race, or the East River, or the Harlem River, or the Verizano Narrows, or Block Island Sound, or the Cape Cod canal? Nope. No need for locks there, even though the tidal differences are over 2 feet in these areas. Gee, they all have currents equal to or greater than the Shinnecock canal. What's your point? Each situation is different. And the locks were added to the Shinnecock Canal before the Shinnecock Inlet was opened by the Hurricane of '38. So what did you say the purpose of a lock is, jeffies? Here's a quote I'll repeat from a local magazine. If you have trouble with the big words we can help you: "This problem [erosion in the canal] was solved by building tide gates and, in 1919, a lock in the canal. The one-way tide gates -- pushed open by high tides running south from Peconic Bay and pushed closed by high tides running from the opposite direction -- ensure that enough water flushes out of Peconic Bay into Shinnecock Bay to carry all the sand and silt that would otherwise accumulate and block the canal. The lock, rebuilt about 30 years ago, allows boats to be floated up or down to meet the differing water levels at either end." http://www.newsday.com/community/gui...6,0,6426268.st ory?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation |
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The decision to put in a lock is a bit more complex then simply
measuring the tidal differences. But this subtlety seems to be lost on you. And remember, the lock was built in 1919, before the inlet was opened by the Hurricane of '38. Back then the tide differences was as high as 5 feet, according to references I posted. JAXAshby wrote: so, fumb duck, the shinnecock needs a "lock" because of the tidal difference, but The Race, Hell Gate, the East River, the Verizanno Narrows, the Harlem River, Block Island Sound, the Cape Cod canal and the Cape May canal do not even the "tidal difference" is greater????????????? jeffies, do you even bother to read WTF you write? From: Jeff Morris Date: 12/5/2004 5:43 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: JAXAshby wrote: so, jeffie, are those "locks" or "gates" across The Race, or the East River, or the Harlem River, or the Verizano Narrows, or Block Island Sound, or the Cape Cod canal? Nope. No need for locks there, even though the tidal differences are over 2 feet in these areas. Gee, they all have currents equal to or greater than the Shinnecock canal. What's your point? Each situation is different. And the locks were added to the Shinnecock Canal before the Shinnecock Inlet was opened by the Hurricane of '38. So what did you say the purpose of a lock is, jeffies? Here's a quote I'll repeat from a local magazine. If you have trouble with the big words we can help you: "This problem [erosion in the canal] was solved by building tide gates and, in 1919, a lock in the canal. The one-way tide gates -- pushed open by high tides running south from Peconic Bay and pushed closed by high tides running from the opposite direction -- ensure that enough water flushes out of Peconic Bay into Shinnecock Bay to carry all the sand and silt that would otherwise accumulate and block the canal. The lock, rebuilt about 30 years ago, allows boats to be floated up or down to meet the differing water levels at either end." http://www.newsday.com/community/gui...6,0,6426268.st ory?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation |
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