"wing" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- There are four wing dams on the right and five on the left.
- At the location of the mid-course bridge, two wing dams are directly across from each other, narrowing the channel by one third.
- The wing dams still serve their purpose, but to a lesser extent than before.
- While wing dams assist in assuring that rivers are navigable, they can also pose a threat to boaters.
- On the other hand, fishermen intentionally fish the waters downstream of wing dams.
- A wing dam is a type of river groyne (or groin, in US usage).
- The wing dam on the left side was moved downstream into section four.
- We worked around the wing dam at the top of riffle.
- In 1868, the Corps began to experiment with wing dams and dredging to sluice out a 6-foot (1.8 m) deep channel.
- But the wing dams also proved inadequate and steamboats were not willing to risk the passage.
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