At the South Canal sluice house, Iven Holt puts the gate release board and millers’ water receipts beside the downstream clock runs slow when its iron casing is cold. The detail is easy to miss in a summary, but it determines whether a posted rule describes the place people actually use.
Iven Holt is the canal operator. On this cold harbor visit, the work begins with a dated entry and ends with a second check from someone who did not make the first one.
The the gate release board and millers’ water receipts lists 36 release minutes recorded at the lower gate; the previous window lists 35. Tomas Reed checked both against time-stamped route logs checked against field visits. The number is one part of a larger handoff between the office, the people who use the service and the staff expected to maintain it.
Millers use the gate clock to plan a shift. Canal crews compare it with the marked level on the stone wall. Residents and workers have asked the clerk to keep their accounts beside the source count rather than turn them into a single average.
Workers and residents submit accounts before the public hearing closes. The Year third, cold harbor window 3 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The canal crew will post a checked clock reading beside each release.
