Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 466
. G G are plankgates sliding laterally, moved by two pinions working into racks at the top andbottom of the gates, turned by a capstan bar on a horn wheel head. F is theflume, circular, of wooden staves or wrought-iron plates. P is a paddle gate bywhich the flume must be filled slowly, and A the… … Fig. 1058. Fig. 1059. on upright cam shafts on each side of the gate; when the gate is moved eitherup or down, the cam shafts are turned to raise the gate from the flat-closingsurface, and take the whole water pressure, which is, in a measure, relieved bythe opening of this joint, and the whole…
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