Seaway

Great Lakes passage

A seaway is a route for ocean-going vessels, especially an inland waterway deep and wide enough for large ships.

The term often refers specifically to the St.

Lawrence Seaway, the system of locks and canals connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean: The seaway opened the Midwest to international shipping.

navigation

channel

Passage for transmission

buoy · marker · draft · pilotage · deep water · anchorage · harbor · port · navigation aid · chart

engineering

locks

Security fastening devices

  • damWater-holding barrier
  • canalDug water passage
  • dredgingExtracting underwater sediment

water level · hydraulic · construction · infrastructure · elevation · lift · chamber · gates · pumping · excavation

StLawrence

Great Lakes

Five connected inland seas

Eisenhower · Canada · United States · grain · iron ore · bulk cargo · laker · Lake Ontario · Lake Erie · tonnage

Categories
Opposites
water vs land route

Seawayhighway

Major road for travel

roadway · railway · overland route · motorway · interstate

natural vs engineered waterway

Seawayriver

Large flowing watercourse

stream · natural waterway · creek · estuary · wild river

navigable vs non-navigable water

Seawayshoals

Undersea areas near surface

shallows · rapids · reef · sandbar · blocked passage

Family

seaways, seaward, seaweed

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