Davis Lock
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Davis Lock is one of the navigation locks within the Soo Locks complex that enables ships to transit between different water levels on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal lock
ⓘ
navigation lock ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | other Soo Locks ⓘ |
| connectsWaterBody |
Lake Superior
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
lower Great Lakes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasAccessFrom |
Lake Superior upbound channel
ⓘ
St. Marys River downbound channel ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
enables ships to transit between different water levels
ⓘ
supports commercial shipping traffic ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | St. Marys Falls Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCriticalFor |
Great Lakes coal shipments
ⓘ
Great Lakes grain shipments ⓘ Great Lakes iron ore shipments ⓘ |
| isInfrastructureType | federal navigation project ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHydrologicSystem | Great Lakes Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | U.S.–Canada border at Sault Ste. Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | St. Marys River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Colonel Charles H. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soo Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | bypass St. Marys River rapids ⓘ |
| region | Upper Peninsula of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bulk cargo transport
ⓘ
freighter transit ⓘ ore carrier transit ⓘ |
| waterLevelDifferenceBetween | Lake Superior and St. Marys River lower pool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.