Getting to Know the Sleuce Gate and Its Uses
I could see an old sleuce gate within action the other day whilst hiking near a good irrigation canal, plus it really produced me realize just how much we take drinking water control for given. Most of us drive over links or walk past canals without providing a second considered to the machinery keeping the water exactly where it belongs. Yet these gates are basically the unsung heroes of civil engineering, acting such as giant valves that will prevent our basements from flooding and maintain crops from becoming dry during a heatwave. ...