Sentence examples for massive lock from inspiring English sources

Massive lock gates are utilized to manage the water levels in the canal, so that ships can move from one direction to another.

He also implied that an Italian sub-contractor, Cimolai, would not deliver a set of massive lock gates if GUPC loses the contract, setting it back by three years.

Our competitors are all massive lock companies (mostly in Europe)," name-checking Sweden's Assa Abloy as "our number 1 competitor".

Then I got new tyres and had a massive lock-up and I tell you, you couldn't see a thing, the vibrations were so heavy!

Engineering and financial chaos ensued, and 10 years later, Eiffel was vindicated and contracted to design and construct 10 massive locks.

Designed to link two sides of the historic city, its concrete entry ramps curl around a cylindrical office building before stretching over an underground bus terminal and the massive locks that regulate boat traffic between Lake Malaren and the Baltic Sea.

Whether eradicating deadly diseases like yellow fever, constructing the massive locks and gates that raised and lowered the ships, or disposing of millions of tons of rubble produced by the dynamite and steam shovels that leveled entire mountains, these planners faced down every problem thrown their way, finishing the project ahead of schedule and well under budget.

"Going through Two it was OK and then I had a massive lock-upon the front-left into Four, and after that I had a huge vibration.

Instead, ships are raised and lowered by massive locks at either end, and pass through a freshwater channel fed by rivers that run off the surrounding forest-covered hills.

The Rigolets, the larger of the two inlets, would have required an 800-foot-long structure with floodgates and a massive locks that could close if a hurricane or other storm surge were approaching the coast.

I asked former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) senior officer and counter-terrorism expert Michel Juneau-Katsuya whether we should be concerned about the recent extremists' threats to Canada and why he believes that our "front door has four massive locks, but we let the back door open".