HiltonHeadboatSlips.com
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Welcome to Windmill Harbour Real Estate ~ Hilton Head Island, SC
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Excerpted from the website:
- One of the best preserved secrets of Windmill Harbour is the lock system which connects the marina to the Intracoastal Waterway and Calibogue Sound. The lock is 80' long and 20' feet wide, and can accommodate any craft falling within that size range, or even longer, but no wider! Holding 130,000 gallons of water during low tide, the lock is operated by a hydraulic pump, and controlled by hydraulic rams on the doors. Two tunnels located on the north side of the lock are closed off by jackscrew-operated valves and contain check valves on the inside to monitor the water flow. At high tide, the pull of gravity automatically replenishes the water supply in the marina by drawing it through the tunnels.
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