enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Floodgate - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodgate

   Floodgates, also called stop gates, are adjustable gates used to control water flow in flood barriers, reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems. They may be 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 of a levee or storm surge system.

3. Jockey wheel - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey_wheel

   A jockey wheel for vehicular use is a retractable adjustable-height wheel used on the front of trailers (or caravans) with either a single axle (two running wheels) or more close-coupled axles at or near the centre of gravity whereby without additional support, the trailer would not remain level.

4. Bar gate - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_gate

   Bar gates, especially manually operated ones, are often counterweighted to allow easier manual control. [7] Bar gates are frequently paired end to end or closely offset to block traffic in both directions. Some bar gates also have a second arm which hangs 30 to 40 cm below the upper arm when lowered to increase approach visibility.

5. Kaplan turbine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaplan_turbine

   A Bonneville Dam Kaplan turbine after 61 years of service. The Kaplan turbine is a propeller-type water turbine which has adjustable blades. It was developed in 1913 by Austrian professor Viktor Kaplan, [1] who combined automatically adjusted propeller blades with automatically adjusted wicket gates to achieve efficiency over a wide range of flow and water level.

6. AOL Mail

   mail.aol.com/?icid=aol.com-nav

   Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

7. Guard stone - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_stone

   Obsolete cannons were often used as wheel guards in the Netherlands, such as for the Catherine's gate in Dordrecht. A guard stone, jostle stone or chasse-roue (French lit. "wheel chaser"), is a projecting metal, concrete, or stone exterior architectural element located at the corner and/or foot of gates, portes-cochères, garage entries, and walls to prevent damage from vehicle tires and wheels.