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Water channel controlled at its head by a gate
A sluice (/slus/ SLOOS) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage water flow and water level.[citation needed] There are various
Sluice
American indie rock musician
Sluice is the stage name of American indie rock musician Justin Edward Morris. Morris is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Morris attended Richard J
Sluice_(musician)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up sluice or sluicing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sluice is a water channel containing a sluice gate (a type of lock to manage the water
Sluice_(disambiguation)
Syntactic phenomenon
In syntax, sluicing is a type of ellipsis that occurs in both direct and indirect interrogative clauses. The ellipsis is introduced by a wh-expression
Sluicing
Watercourse in Cambridgeshire, England
England. It provides an almost straight channel between Earith and Denver Sluices. The river is tidal, with reverse tidal flow being clearly visible at Welney
New_Bedford_River
Technique of mining stream bed deposits for minerals
material from the deposit, a method known as hydraulic mining, hydraulic sluicing or hydraulicking. The word placer derives from the Spanish placer, meaning
Placer_mining
Village in Northumberland, England
Seaton Sluice is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast at the mouth of the Seaton Burn (a small river), midway between Whitley Bay
Seaton_Sluice
United States historic place
Rapid Sluice Dead Timber Ford Sluices Eagle Falls Sluice Gravel Shoals Sluice Jacob's Creek Landing Mayo River Sluice Roberson's Fish Trap Shoal Sluice Slink
Dan River Navigation System in North Carolina Thematic Resources
Dan_River_Navigation_System_in_North_Carolina_Thematic_Resources
British biennial contemporary art fair
Sluice Art Fair (also known as Sluice or stylized as Sluice__) is a London-based biennial contemporary art fair open to alternative galleries and art
Sluice_Art_Fair
Former railway station in Northumberland, United Kingdom
Seaton Sluice was a railway station on the wagonway from Hartley Pit at its terminus in the village of Seaton Sluice. The station was served intermittently
Seaton_Sluice_railway_station
Watercourse in Cambridgeshire, England
Bedford River at Welmore Lake Sluice. When pumping occurs, flow in the lower river above Welney is reversed, and a vertical sluice gate prevents water discharged
Old_Bedford_River
River in England
Earl's Sluice is an underground river in south-east London, England. Its source is Ruskin Park on Denmark Hill. In South Bermondsey it is joined by the
Earl's_Sluice
Siphon sluices (French: épanchoir à siphon) are one of the many water management devices used on the Canal du Midi to regulate the level of the water
Siphon_sluice
Rapid on the Chattooga River, United States
Bull Sluice is a prominent rapid on the Chattooga River on the Georgia and South Carolina border in the United States which was featured in the film Deliverance
Bull_Sluice
Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Ljubljanica Sluice Gate (Slovene: Zapornica na Ljubljanici), or the Partition (Pregrada), is a sluice gate and a triumphal arch on the Ljubljanica
Ljubljanica_Sluice_Gate
Covered river in London, England
The River Heathwall, more often known as the Heathwall Sewer, Heathwall Ditch or Heathwall Mill Pond was a set of field drainage ditches and a large mill
River_Heathwall
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
District of Argyle. Surettes Island is connected to Sluice Point on mainland Nova Scotia by the Indian Sluice Point Bridge on Nova Scotia Route 308. Although
Surettes_Island,_Nova_Scotia
Flow control device
A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a barrier (gate) out of the path of the fluid. Gate valves require very little
Gate_valve
Place in Punjab, Pakistan
Sluice is a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°48'50N 74°12'15E with an altitude of 181 metres (597 feet). Location of Sluice-
Sluice,_Pakistan
The Elbe Sluice (Czech: Zdymadlo Střekov) also known as Střekov Sluice, Masaryk Sluice or Sluice of T. G. Masaryk is a lock on the Elbe river in Ústí
Elbe_Sluice
4x4 trail near Sacramento, California
obstacle. After passing the Soup Bowl, the Little Sluice awaits. The Little Sluice, also known as the Sluice Box or simply as "The Box", is close to Spider
Rubicon_Trail
The Black Sluice is the name given to the structure that controls the flow of the South Forty-Foot Drain into The Haven, at Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Black_Sluice
Reservoir in Georgia, U.S.
Bull Sluice Lake is a small reservoir located along the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia, in the northern suburbs of metro Atlanta. It is 673 acres
Bull_Sluice_Lake
Bridge in Voorne-Putten, Goeree-Overflakkee
The Haringvlietdam, incorporating the Haringvliet sluices, are hydraulic engineering structures which closed off the estuary of the Haringvliet, Netherlands
Haringvlietdam
Nature reserve in the United Kingdom
the river at Welmore Lake Sluice, where another automatic system controls outflow. High water levels open the automatic sluice at Earith, thereby releasing
Ouse_Washes
River in England
1618, with the construction of sluices and locks. Bedford could be reached by river from 1689. A major feature was the sluice at Denver, which failed in 1713
River_Great_Ouse
Sluice Creek is a 5.3-mile-long (8.5 km) tributary of Dennis Creek in Cape May County, New Jersey in the United States. List of rivers of New Jersey Roaring
Sluice_Creek
Drainage canal in eastern England
Forty-Foot Drain, also known as the Black Sluice Navigation, is the main channel for the land-drainage of the Black Sluice Level in the Lincolnshire Fens. It
South_Forty-Foot_Drain
State park in Montana, United States
Sluice Boxes State Park is a public recreation area in the Little Belt Mountains of Montana, United States, located twelve miles (19 km) south of Belt
Sluice_Boxes_State_Park
Painting by Jacob van Ruisdael
Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven (c. 1650) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is an example
Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven
Two_Watermills_and_an_Open_Sluice_near_Singraven
Gold mining implement
lined with riffles and usually a carpet (called Miner's Moss) similar to a sluice box. On top of the box is a classifier sieve (usually with half-inch or
Rocker_box
United States historic place
Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation is a historic sluice located near Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia. Cat Rock Sluice is at Staunton Scenic
Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation
Cat_Rock_Sluice_of_the_Roanoke_Navigation
Mining technique using high-pressure water jets to carve away minerals
of gold or tin, the resulting water-sediment slurry is directed through sluice boxes to remove the gold or tin. It is also used in mining kaolin and coal
Hydraulic_mining
Channel for water driving a water wheel
England) is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters
Mill_race
1913 film
Through the Sluice Gates is a 1913 American silent short drama film directed by John G. Adolfi starring William Garwood and Belle Bennett. It showed images
Through_the_Sluice_Gates
Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England
Ferriby Sluice is a hamlet situated near the lock complex on the Humber and River Ancholme, Lincolnshire, England. It is now part of the village of South
Ferriby_Sluice
Village in Norfolk, England
William de Warenne. Denver Sluice controls the water levels between the tidal and non-tidal Great Ouse. In 1651, the first sluice to help with the drainage
Denver,_Norfolk
Lock and pedestrian bridges in London, England
is a lock, rising and falling low-tide barrage integrating controlled sluices and pair of pedestrian bridges on the River Thames in southwest London
Richmond_Lock_and_Footbridge
Water control structure in the Netherlands
is a sluice that is part of the Delta Works near the hamlet of Bath in the municipality of Reimerswaal in the Dutch province Zeeland. The sluice was not
Bathse_spuisluis
Irish engineer
7 August 1897) was a Victorian era Irish engineer, noted for his work on sluice design. Francis Goold Morony Stoney was born on 5 April 1837 at Arran Hill
Francis_Goold_Morony_Stoney
Engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
this, and thus decided to drain the bubbler pools by opening its sluice gates. The sluice gates were controlled by valves located in a flooded subterranean
Boris_Baranov
Intake structure for turbines or sewerage systems
A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems
Penstock
Ancient walls and towers around Beijing
barbicans, barbican towers, barbican gates, barbican archways, sluice gates, sluice gate towers, enemy sighting towers, corner guard towers, and a moat
Beijing_city_fortifications
435 mm) standard gauge and Buck was sold to the S.I.&E. Co. In 1902, the Bull Sluice Railroad built a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) line from a junction with the Roswell
Roswell_Railroad
Gold mining site in Victoria, Australia
for sluicing purposes. Hydraulic sluicing is a mining method that employs high-pressure water jets to wash away soil and gravel down through a sluice box
Pink Cliffs Geological Reserve
Pink_Cliffs_Geological_Reserve
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
Sluice Point (French: Pointe du Sault) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Argyle Municipality in Yarmouth County. The
Sluice_Point,_Nova_Scotia
1653 painting by Jacob van Ruisdael
Water Mills with an Open Sluice, also known as Two Watermills and an Open Sluice, Two Undershot Water Mills with an Open Sluice is a 1653 painting by the
Two Water Mills with an Open Sluice
Two_Water_Mills_with_an_Open_Sluice
Man-made lake in Bangladesh
Kaptai Lake reached the danger level, prompting the opening of 16 sluice gates. The sluice gates, opened to 3.5 feet to help reduce the lake's water level
Kaptai_Lake
are East Farleigh, Teston, Hampstead Lane, Stoneham Old Lock (disused), Sluice Weir Lock, Oak Wier Lock East Lock, Porter's, Eldridge's and Town Lock in
Medway_Navigation
River in East Sussex and Kent, England
miles (23 km), the river bed is below the high tide level, and Scots Float Sluice is used to control levels. It prevents salt water entering the river system
River_Rother,_East_Sussex
River in eastern England
Trent. From 1142 onwards, sluices were constructed to prevent flooding by the sea, and this culminated in the Great Sluice, which was constructed in 1766
River_Witham
Waterways project in eastern England
Surfleet Seas End sluice. This includes a new channel between the South Forty-Foot Drain and the River Glen. Surfleet Seas End sluice is close to where
Fens_Waterways_Link
River in Somerset, England
flooding of the lower Brue Valley. Huntspill Sluice at the river's western end, also known as West Huntspill Sluice, separates it from the River Parrett. A
River_Huntspill
Artificial river barrier
used to control the flow rates of rivers during periods of high discharge. Sluice gates (or in some cases the height of the weir crest) can be altered to
Weir
River in Lincolnshire, England
as a quay. Once construction of the Grand Sluice was completed in 1766, they used a wharf above the sluice. On The Haven, boats used Packhouse Quay, subsequently
The_Haven,_Boston
Drainage ditch
useful pasture. Water levels will usually be controlled by a system of sluice gates and pumps. Rhynes have been used extensively in the United Kingdom
Rhyne
Device for separating/sorting slurry or particles
consists of a tower, around which is wound a sluice, from which slots or channels are placed in the base of the sluice to extract solid particles that have come
Spiral_separator
Artificial drainage channel in Somerset, England
under the act proposed a new drainage channel from the area to an existing sluice called Dunball Clyse, and asked William White, a surveyor from Wedmore near
King's_Sedgemoor_Drain
Irrigation Reservoir in Mahiyangana
regulate water pressure at the sluice gates from inside the tank and protect the embankment from erosion. Instead that the sluice gate (Sorowwa) of the tank
Sorabora_Wewa
River in eastern England
Kingdom, and is tidal for 45 kilometres (28 mi) up to Dog-in-a-Doublet sluice, near Peterborough. The river forms the boundary between Cambridgeshire
River_Nene
Method of selectively emplacing soil or other materials using a stream of water
upward as the fill progresses. The sluices are carried parallel to, and just inside of, these dykes.[vague] The sluices discharge their water-earth mixture
Hydraulic_fill
Watercourse in Sri Lanka
supplies water to some regions of eastern Sri Lanka. The closing of the sluice gates is considered to be the official beginning of the Eelam War IV although
Mavil_Aru
Process of extracting gold from the ground
alluvial deposits and underground mines. These techniques included the use of sluice boxes. Evidence suggests that Nubia had sporadic access to gold nuggets
Gold_mining
Dam in Ad Damazin, Sudan
25 km long. The dam contains five 3 m × 5 m low-level sluice gates designed to pass floods and sluice sediment. The dam contains a gated ogre spillway with
Roseires_Dam
Canal tunnel in France
Arrondissement of Torcy) The canal tunnel is located between sluice 14 to Chalifert and sluice 13 to Coupray and has a length of 300 meters. The tunnel is
Chalifert_Tunnel
Geographical feature of England
River Wandle) Norbury Brook Falconbrook River Effra River Neckinger Earl's Sluice River Peck River Quaggy (partially underground) (sub tributary of River
Subterranean_rivers_of_London
Channel in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
This navigation channel has two leveling sluice gates 17 m high and 8 m wide. The system of operation of the sluice depends on the fluviometric level of the
São_Gonçalo_Channel
Waterway network in eastern England
maintain and improve the route between Salters Lode Sluice on the Great Ouse and Stanground Sluice on the River Nene, another Act of Parliament was obtained
Middle_Level_Navigations
River in South East England
at East Farleigh, Teston, Hampstead Lane, Stoneham Old Lock (disused), Sluice Weir Lock, Oak Weir Lock, East Lock, Porter's, Eldridge's and Town Lock
River_Medway
Dam-like structure
the tidal flow and controlling the sluice gates at key times of the tidal cycle. Turbines are placed at these sluices to capture the energy as the water
Tidal_barrage
Epic poem from Mesopotamia
Gilgamesh dived into the depths, founding the herb of eternal life. The sluice gates set into sky are an important detail: through them, the gods with
Epic_of_Gilgamesh
after a public vote. A sluice gate: In November 2020, the Dutch municipality of IJmuiden refused to name the new sluice lock Sluice McSluiceface or Sluisje
List_of_Mcface_spoofs
Area of low lying land in eastern England
including the villages of Langtoft and Baston. The Black Sluice Level, also known as the Black Sluice District, was first drained in 1639 and extends from
The_Fens
River in Cambridgeshire, England
built sluices at Jesus Green, Chesterton, Baits Bite and Clayhithe. Most of the tolls were collected at Clayhithe. Prior to 1722, Denver sluice had been
River_Cam
Series of construction projects in the Netherlands
dams, sluices, locks, dykes, levees, and storm surge barriers located in the provinces of South Holland and Zeeland. The aim of the dams, sluices, and
Delta_Works
Watergate in Yatomi, Aichi, Japan
The Tatsuta wajū sluice gates (立田輪中人造堰樋門, Tatsuta-wajū jinzōseki-himon) were constructed in 1902 during works on the Kiso River in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture
Tatsuta_wajū_sluice_gates
Canadian tidal power generating station
the Annapolis River created a reservoir which powered a water turbine. Sluice gates in the causeway allowed the reservoir to be refilled by the incoming
Annapolis Royal Generating Station
Annapolis_Royal_Generating_Station
structures Fish ladder Gate valve Gatehouse Globe valve Floodgate Penstock Sluice Spillway Water turbine Other Erosion Failure History Renewable energy debate
List_of_historic_dams
English landowners and industrialists in Northumberland (c.1520–1752)
Seaton Delaval Hall and for the development of the little seaport of Seaton Sluice and a coal mine at Old Hartley. The Delaval name derives from Laval, a town
Delaval
Human settlement in England
This was replaced in 1832, and allowed the district to lower their own sluice in 1852, to provide better gravity discharge. The need to grow more food
South_Holland_IDB
Tourist place and lake in Ahmedabad, India
which is lost now. There are well carved supply sluices on the east side. Their buttresses or jambs of sluices resemble those of the minarets of mosques in
Kankaria_Lake
Dutch engineer (1595-1677)
work, and became a British citizen in 1633. In 1631 he built the Horseshoe Sluice on the tidal river at Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire at a cost of
Cornelius_Vermuyden
Grade I listed building in Northumberland, United Kingdom
near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral
Seaton_Delaval_Hall
River in East Sussex, England
sluice and navigation gates. The canal would be 150 feet (46 m) wide above the sluice and 200 feet (61 m) wide below it. Work on the scouring sluice and
River_Brede
River in England
result of an Act of Parliament obtained in 1751. Ten single-gate sluices and a pen sluice (or pound lock) were used to handle the change in level. The use
River_Nar
Country in Northwestern Europe and the Caribbean
overseas. The Volkeraksluizen between Rotterdam and Antwerp are the biggest sluices for inland navigation in terms of tonnage. In 2007, the Betuweroute, a
Netherlands
1968 studio album by Groundhogs
Dave Thompson at AllMusic commented "... if you want to hear the blues sluicing straight out of the Southern England Delta, there are precious few better
Scratching the Surface (Groundhogs album)
Scratching_the_Surface_(Groundhogs_album)
Type of artificial dam
Rush in the 1860s when miners constructed rock-fill timber-face dams for sluice operations. The timber was later replaced by concrete as the design was
Embankment_dam
Irish engineer
February 1898) was a Victorian era Irish engineer, noted for his work on sluices. Edward Duncan Stoney was born on 31 July 1868 at Dundalk, the only son
Edward_Duncan_Stoney
2023 studio album by John Frusciante
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Clank" 11:02 2. "Sluice" 6:00
I_and_II
2023 dam breach in Ukraine
deck behind them, damaging some of the sluice gates in a controlled demolition. The Russians then opened more sluice gates, allowing water to rush out of
Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
Destruction_of_the_Kakhovka_Dam
Twin reservoir complex in Sri Lanka
reservoir complex includes a stone made spillway and three main sluices. The main central sluice, 40 feet wide, supplies water to thousands of acres of paddy
Kala_Wewa
Sand with high concentrations of iron
separation was usually done by washing it in sluice boxes (a method similar to gold panning but on a larger scale). Sluice separation typically yielded concentrations
Ironsand
Bob is building some salt pans by the beach and accidentally breaks the sluice gates. When Scoop slips on some seaweed, he thinks he actually broke the
List of Bob the Builder episodes
List_of_Bob_the_Builder_episodes
Town in North Carolina, United States
Rock Rapid Sluice, Fewell-Reynolds House, Gravel Shoals Sluice, Jacob's Creek Landing, Mayo River Sluice, Roberson's Fish Trap Shoal Sluice, Alfred Moore
Madison,_North_Carolina
Village in East Java, Indonesia
the city of Surabaya, East Java Province of Indonesia. Sluice Picture postcard of the sluice at Gubeng (early 20th century) KITLV, Leiden collection
Gubeng,_Gubeng,_Surabaya
City in Groningen, Netherlands
'water outlet' or 'sluice'. Delfzijl was established at the location where three sluices (Dutch: zijlen) were connected. In 1317, a sluice was built in the
Delfzijl
Street in Amsterdam
which connects the Sint Antoniesluis sluice gates to the Mr. Visserplein traffic circle. North of the sluice gates, the street continues on to Nieuwmarkt
Jodenbreestraat
Adjustable gate used to control water flow
designed to set spillway crest heights in dams, to adjust flow rates in sluices and canals, or they may be designed to stop water flow entirely as part
Floodgate
Locality in Tasmania, Australia
waterfall, and water was diverted from the stream to provide water for mine sluicing and processing. At the 2021 census, Waratah had a population of 249. It
Waratah,_Tasmania
SLUICE
SLUICE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; probably a variant of Goate which may derive either from Middle English gat (Old English gÄt), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept goats or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a goat in some way, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a watercourse or sluice, Middle English gote. Possibly in some instances the name may be an altered form of Coates.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Götz (see Goetz).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ida. There is a place called Ide near Exeter in Devon; the etymology is obscure, perhaps from a pre-English river name; it does not seem to be connected with the surname.North German : variant of Ihde.Japanese : ‘sluice’, ‘spillway’; a topographic name for someone who lived near a dam. Variously written, it originated in Echizen and Kaga (now Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures) and is found mostly in eastern Japan.
SLUICE
SLUICE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Learned
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
King of the Yogis
Boy/Male
Biblical
A lamp, new-tilled land.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Veerabadra
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of Dharma, Wants religion
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire, so named from the Old Norse personal name Mundi (see Monday 1) + Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant of Luttman.
Boy/Male
Indian
Falcon, Music, To play An instrument, Eagle
Girl/Female
Tamil
Srijla | à®·à¯à®°à¯€à®œà®²à®¾
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Famous for his Wealth
SLUICE
SLUICE
SLUICE
SLUICE
SLUICE
v. t.
To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge.
n.
An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
n.
A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.
n.
The stream flowing through a flood gate.
n.
A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.
n.
An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery.
imp. & p. p.
of Sluice
v. t.
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows.
n.
A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.
v. t.
To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
n.
A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Sluice
a.
In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
a.
Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.
n.
Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
n.
A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.
v. t.
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining.
n.
A flood gate; a a sluice gate.
v. i.
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.
n.
An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate.