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Marks a stretch of waterway bounded by lock gates, forming a lock. 
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| Group: Waterways |
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Status: approved
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A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways
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How to map
Small lock
- 1. Lock
Separate the way 
of the waterway=* at the two lock gates. Mark the newly created section with
- 2. Gate of a lock
Place two nodes 
on the main flow line (waterway=*), where the upper and lower sluice gate is located and mark both
- 3. Channel or river
Large lock
Example: West India Dock Entrance Lock
- 1. Lock
Separate the way of the waterway=* at the two lock gates. Mark the newly created section with
- 2. Lock chamber
- 3. Gate of a lock
- 4. Channel or river
- 5. Riverbank
Tags used at the lock
- maxwidth=*
- maxlength=*
- draft=*
- lock_ref=*
- lock:height=*
- automated=yes
- self_service=yes
- opening_hours=*
- boat=*
- ship=*
- CEMT=*
- seamark:gate:category=* + seamark:type=gate
- seamark:gate:clearance_height=* + seamark:type=gate
- seamark:gate:clearance_width=* + seamark:type=gate
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