How do they match: Bridge and Lock Tenders

  • Attach ropes or cable lines to bitts on lock decks or wharfs to secure vessels.
  • Raise drawbridges and observe passage of water traffic or lower drawbridges and raise automobile gates.
  • Stop automobile and pedestrian traffic on bridges, and lower automobile gates prior to moving bridges.

  • Secure watercraft to docks, wharves or other vessels.