[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR207.10]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 207_NAVIGATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  207.10  Charles River, Mass.; dam of Charles River Basin Commission.



    (a) The movements of all vessels or boats in and near the lock shall 

be under the direction of the superintendent in charge of these 

structures and his assistants, whose orders and signals shall be obeyed.

    (b) Every vessel using the lock and drawing more than 10 feet shall 

be accurately and distinctly marked at the bow and stern, showing the 

exact draft of water at such portions of the vessel.

    (c) All steam vessels desiring to pass through the lock shall signal 

for the same by two long and two short blasts of the whistle.

    (d)(1) All vessels passing through the lock shall have their 

outboard spars, if any, rigged in, and booms amidships, and secured. All 

standing and running rigging must be triced in to keep it from blowing 

out and fouling the drawbridge. Every vessel of 200 tons and under shall 

be provided with at least two, and every vessel of more than 200 tons 

shall be provided with at least four good and sufficient lines, cables, 

or hawsers. Anchors shall either be stowed or shall hang from hawse 

pipes, hauled up close, clear of the water if possible. Vessels with 

anchors under foot or hanging from catheads will not be permitted to 

enter the lock.

    (2) All vessels must be sufficiently manned and must have a 

sufficient number of round and fore-and-aft fenders to protect the lock 

from injury. All heavy rope fenders must be securely lashed to prevent 

their falling into the lock and interfering with the gates.

    (e) All vessels approaching the lock while any other vessel going in 

the opposite direction is in or about to enter it shall be stopped where 

they will not obstruct the free passage of such other vessel.

    (f) It shall be the duty of every master or person in charge of any 

vessel upon approaching the lock from the upstream end to ascertain by 

personal observation whether or not the upper lock gate is open, and a 

vessel shall not be permitted to come within 100 feet of the upper lock 

gate until the gate has been wholly withdrawn into its recess.

    (g) All towboats, whether towing or not, and other steam vessels of 

less than 100 tons gross may enter the lock under their own power and 

without having lines out, but all other vessels, including those which 

are accompanied by towboats, must attach not less than two good and 

sufficient lines, cables, or hawsers to the bollards or other fixtures 

provided for the purpose to check the speed of the vessel and to stop it 

as soon as it has gone far enough to permit the lock gate behind it to 

be closed, and each line, cable, or hawser shall be attended on board 

while passing into the lock by one or more of the vessel's crew. Where 

vessels are so long that in order to get them wholly within the lock it 

is necessary to approach within 150 feet of the lock gate ahead, the 

speed of the vessel must be slow and fully under control by the lines, 

cables, or hawsers. Steam vessels of more than 100 tons gross, not 

including towboats, will not be permitted to turn their propellers on 

entering the lock after the bow of the vessel has entered, but will be 

drawn in by means of capstans on the lock walls or otherwise, and their 

speed must be checked and the vessel stopped by lines, cables, or 

hawsers as in other cases. All steam vessels may leave the lock under 

their own power. The master or person in charge of a vessel shall 

arrange to have any line, cable, or hawser handed or thrown from the 

lock walls by the superintendent or his assistants, made fast on the 

vessel as requested or directed, so that in cases of emergency such 

line, cable, or hawser may also be



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used to check the speed of and stop the vessel.

    (h) When a vessel is in position in the lock it shall be securely 

fastened in a manner satisfactory to the superintendent, or his 

assistant in charge of the lock at the time, to prevent the vessel from 

moving about while the lock is being filled or emptied, and the lines, 

cables, and hawsers used for this purpose shall be attended as far as is 

necessary or required while the filling or emptying is in progress.

    (i) No vessel which has iron or irons projecting from it or lumber 

or other cargo projecting over its sides shall enter the lock, except at 

such time and with such precautions to prevent damage to the lock or its 

appurtenances as the superintendent, or the assistant in charge of the 

lock at the time, may require.

    (j) All persons, whether in charge of vessels or not, are prohibited 

from willfully or carelessly damaging the lock, any of its appurtenances 

or the grounds adjacent thereto, and from throwing any material of any 

kind into the lock. No line shall be attached to anything except the 

bollards and other fixtures provided for the purpose.

    (k) Upon each passage through the lock, the master or clerk of a 

vessel shall make a statement of the kind and tonnage of the freight 

carried.

    (l) No person shall cause or permit any vessel or boat of which he 

is in charge to remain in the lock or its approaches for a longer time 

than is necessary for the passage of the lock, unless he is especially 

permitted to do so by the superintendent or the assistant in charge of 

the lock at the time, and if such vessel or boat is, in the opinion of 

such superintendent or assistant, in a position to obstruct navigation 

it shall be removed at once as requested or directed by such 

superintendent or assistant.

    (m) All registered merchant vessels shall pass through the lock in 

the order directed by the superintendent or the assistant in charge of 

the lock at the time. Unregistered craft will not be allowed to pass 

through the lock separately unless especially permitted by such 

superintendent or assistant.

    (n) The lock shall be operated promptly for the passage of all 

vessels upon signal excepting only in such cases as are specifically 

provided for in this section.



[Regs., May 6, 1909]