Video Short - NASA StennisCompletesKeyWaterwayLockProject

NASA Stennis recently completed a critical infrastructure project to refurbish the gates of the center’s waterway lock system. The project involved installed temporary stop logs, removing the existing gates for offsite refurbishment, and reinstalling the gates to restore the lock system to full operational status. The lock system – built in the 1960s – provides valuable waterway access to the site for transport of equipment and large test articles and also helps maintain the function of the seven-and-a-half-mile canal system connecting all of the large test stands on site.

What is said in the film

♪ I'm Dale Woolridge, a NASA project manager for Center Operations here at Stennis Space Center. We're here today to witness the reinstallation of the refurbished miter gates. Built in the sixties, the miter gates were in desperate need of refurbishment to maintain a safe operating condition for the locks. The locks allows marine traffic to enter Stennis Space Center and access the test stands through the canal system, bringing various items including test hardware for propulsion tests. So it's very critical to Stennis Space Center to maintain a good operation.

In order to do that, we had to pull the miter gates and have them shipped offsite for very extensive refurbishment. The contractor has recently brought the gates back and is in the process of reinstalling the gates. Another reason why the navigation lock project is critical is because some of the hardware, some of the items that need to get to the test stands can only be brought in by marine traffic, not across the roadway. In the interim, the contractor installed a retaining wall to keep the canal level back from the Pearl River. The Stennis canal level is approximately sixteen and a half feet above the Pearl, so the lock system allows marine traffic to elevate and come, come into Stennis Space Center.

The navigation lock project is just one of many that ensures the ability for Stennis to maintain future test operations. ♪

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