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Significats de head gate en anglès

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Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.

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        Ús de head gate en anglès
        1
        A concrete head gate was installed at a feasible take-out point on the Crazy Loop.
        The Settling of the Sage
        2
        Two men had dismounted by the head gate.
        The Settling of the Sage
        3
        The water was gradually raised till it ran almost flush with the top of the head gate.
        The Settling of the Sage
        4
        One man knelt near the head gate, then mounted and jumped his horse off after the rest.
        The Settling of the Sage
        5
        Hey, what if I shut all the head gates while they're digging?
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        6
        The flow downstream from the head gates had increased noticeably.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        7
        We shut the head gates, the same as when he blew the California Aqueduct.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        8
        Grant pointed to a gravel patch near the main head gates on the west side.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        9
        Opening a few head gates wouldn't have done that.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        10
        Grant looked downstream from the main head gates to see if he could detect if the water had risen yet.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        11
        "Speaking of the structure, you think I should open my head gates again?"
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        12
        In the ten minutes since they closed the head gates, the bulldozers had lowered the 70 foot-wide notch another couple of feet.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        13
        In spite of its length, the dam looked unimpressive, only thirty-one feet tall in the middle, with slightly larger concrete head gates on both sides.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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