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How does this work? Using an electric motor, they spin the drum to let out (for a rising lake) or take in steel cable to shift the entire dock. The cables run underwater out to huge concrete anchors with buoys floating above them.
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By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Sun Mar 9 14:33:54 MDT 2025)