Locking Requirements for Safety

Waterway distances: 15.5 miles east to Moore Haven Lock and 27.9 miles west to W.P. Franklin Lock

Cost of construction: Approximately $1.1 million

Lockage: Approximately 9,500 vessels lock through annually; of these about 96% are recreational vessels.

Commodities: Approximately 13,300 tons of manufactured goods, equipment, crude materials, food, and petroleum products locked annually.

Lock usage: Operating hours 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., 365 days a year, unless otherwise noted in the Coast Guard published, "Notice to Mariners." Lockage usually takes 15 to 20 minutes.

Lock chamber: 50 feet wide x 250 feet long x 12 feet deep

Lift of lock: Normally 7.5 to 8.5 feet. Channel width and depth: 90 feet wide x 8 feet deep

Spillway tainter gates: Two, 20 feet wide x 30 feet tall

Vertical lift gates: Two, 46.8 feet wide x 10.4 feet tall

Lock gate type: Two sixty degree, 30 foot x 6 ½ inch structural steel sector gates

Discharge capacity: 8,660 cfs (cubic feet per second)