Wicket dam
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wicket-dam-171-4857313
title:
Wicket dam
text:
A wicket dam, Chanoine wicket movable dam, or barrage à hausse mobile is a movable barrier across the width of a river that is used to hold up water and allow navigation under low-water conditions. When the wickets are lowered during high-water conditions, the river flow is unimpeded. A navigation lock is usually constructed alongside the wicket dam. The wicket dam was invented in the 19th century by Jacques Henri Chanoine, an engineer in the French Corps des ponts et chaussées. Construction of
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Type of dam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket_dam
date created:
2024-05-01T16:38:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T06:05:05Z
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