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FRESHWATER PASSAGE AUTHORITY · LOCK 08

Match the
water.
Move the
giant.

Two gates. One restless chamber. Bring the level to the arriving bass, admit it, then pump toward the downstream mark before the pressure climbs.

Clock into Station 08
LAKE HEAD14.8 MPASSAGEOPEN

OPERATOR CONSOLE / LIVE SIMULATION

Hold level.
Cycle clean.

Guide eight bass before the shift clock expires. A gate opened against mismatched water adds pressure; three red zones shut the station down.

TRANSFER0/8
SHIFT CLOCK75.0
PRESSURE0%
CLEAN CYCLES×0
AUTHORITY SCORE00000
RECORD00000

LOCKMASTER BRIEFING 08-A

Water first.
Gate second.

Match the amber arrival mark with Fill or Drain. Open the intake to admit the bass, then match the blue downstream mark and release it.

LOCKMASTERConsole waiting for operator.

KEYS: W / ↑ FILL · S / ↓ DRAIN · A INTAKE · D RELEASE

STANDARD PASSAGE / THREE MOVEMENTS

A lake divided.
A route restored.

  1. 01

    Meet the arrival

    Use the pump paddles to align the chamber waterline with the amber mark beside the waiting bass.

  2. 02

    Admit under balance

    Cycle Gate A while the two levels agree. A sloppy intake raises station pressure and breaks the clean-cycle chain.

  3. 03

    Follow the current

    The blue exit mark changes with every fish. Match it, open Gate B, and bank the transfer before time expires.

BUILT 1974 · RESTORED FOR MIGRATION

The river remembers every closed gate.

Station 08 once moved timber barges. Today its orange doors open for the oldest route in the lake—one enormous bass at a time, always downstream, always before dawn.

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