Significados de head gate en inglés

A concrete head gate was installed at a feasible take-out point on the Crazy Loop.

Two men had dismounted by the head gate.

The water was gradually raised till it ran almost flush with the top of the head gate.

One man knelt near the head gate, then mounted and jumped his horse off after the rest.

Hey, what if I shut all the head gates while they're digging?

The flow downstream from the head gates had increased noticeably.

We shut the head gates, the same as when he blew the California Aqueduct.

Grant pointed to a gravel patch near the main head gates on the west side.

Opening a few head gates wouldn't have done that.

Grant looked downstream from the main head gates to see if he could detect if the water had risen yet.

"Speaking of the structure, you think I should open my head gates again?"

In the ten minutes since they closed the head gates, the bulldozers had lowered the 70 foot-wide notch another couple of feet.

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.