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Old 08-26-2013, 01:48 AM   #17
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Arrow Displacing Incompressible Water...

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Originally Posted by ITD View Post
If the current is ever 8 mph in the channel then there is something seriously wrong with the dam..... I think the worst I have seen it is 2 or 3 mph...
Current "speed" in channels and canals is dependent on what's traveling in it.

I have no trouble believing that a stuck barge needed towing: in a narrow-enough channel, even one over-sized boat can affect current speed.

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