DCHP-3

Port Colborne fair lead

[after Port Colborne, Ontario, at the western end of the Welland Canal, where the lead was first devised]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Quotations

1959
The Port Colborne fair lead is a revolving pulley in the ship's side through which a line is put ashore. The pulley turns as the ship moves through a lock or up and down in the lock so the line can move easily from the power winch on deck.