A canal pound (from impound), reach, or level (American usage), is the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks. Canal pounds can vary...

shelter (also a "pound"), a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals Animal pound, a similar structure Canal pound, the stretch of level...

commonly used on canals and rivers today. A pound lock has a chamber with gates at both ends that control the level of water in the pound. In contrast, an...

Caisson lock, Canal inclined plane, Canal pound, Flash lock, Lock staircase, Pound lock List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom List of canal basins in...

instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal or vertical Canal pound or level Regrading or levelling, the process of raising and/or lowering...

Reservoir. The Paddington Arm is part of a long pound that stretches for nearly thirty miles. The canal was authorised by an act of Parliament (35 Geo...

summit level canal to use pound locks in Europe was the Briare Canal connecting the Loire and Seine (1642), followed by the more ambitious Canal du Midi (1683)...

The Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic: جنيه مصرى [ɡeˈneː ˈmɑsˤri, ˈɡeni-]; abbreviations: £, E£, £E, LE, or EGP in Latin, and ج.م. in Arabic, ISO code:...

carry about 250 pounds (110 kg) but can draw a barge weighing as much as 60,000 pounds (27,000 kg) along a towpath. In total, a canal could cut transport...

regulated water-level a 58 km (36 mi) summit pound the eastern slope, 47 km (29 mi) stretch of the canal a 27 km (17 mi) stretch of the Pina River with...

(8). The longest canal pound is 53.87 kilometres (33.47 mi) between Argens Lock and the Fonserannes Locks, while the shortest canal pound is 105 m (344 ft)...

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry...

the Song official and engineer Qiao Weiyue invented the pound lock in the 10th century. The canal has been admired by many visitors throughout its history...

invention of the pound lock for canal systems allowed different water levels to be raised and lowered for separated segments of a canal, which significantly...

also wrote of the effectiveness of the relatively new invention of the canal pound lock. Although not the first to invent camera obscura, Shen noted the...

lock. The summit pound is maintained by pumping water from the canal stretches below; and some water is drained into the summit pound from local natural...

end of the canal and commenced work on replacing some of the bridges. In Wiltshire, concerns over the limited water supply to the summit pound indicated...

construction started in 1604. It was the first summit level canal in Europe that was built using pound locks, connecting the Rhone-Saône and Seine valleys. It...

of the double-gated canal pound lock during the Song dynasty, for adjusting different water levels in segments of the Grand Canal in China. August 20...

as large as a bowl and shaped like a ball. Inside they contain half a pound of 'magic' gunpowder. They are sent flying towards the enemy camp from an...

term refers to a canal that rises to cross a summit then falls down the other side. Typically, summit-level canals include a summit pound, a level stretch...

for Mingus Mill Johnson and Seymour Millrace from the Genesee River Canal pound Leat Penstock Watermill Water wheel "Millrace". World English Dictionary...

China – and discusses the advantages of the recent invention of the canal pound lock, over the old flash lock. Su Song, Chinese polymath scientist and...

less often in road transportation. In canal terminology, the highest pound on a route is called the summit pound. Beattock Summit Stainmore Summit, formerly...

canal lock of the flash lock had been known. By the 10th century the latter design was improved upon in China with the invention of the canal pound lock...

tonnes (88 billion pounds) of cargo a year. It was a major factor in the growth of the city of Toronto, Ontario. The original canal and its successors...

learned from Christine that the father is one of the canal workers, Joe drains the canal pound, padlocks the lock gates, and attaches a home-made bomb...

pound, this was -3 m AOD. It meant that the canal was suitable for 500 tons ships, the lowest pound for 700 tons ships. The entire Wilhelmina Canal was...

canal in the world, receiving its water from the Xiang. It was fitted with thirty-seven flash locks by 825 AD. There is a clear description of pound locks...

Dog Pound is a 2010 Canadian direct-to-video psychological thriller film directed and co-written by Kim Chapiron. It is a Canadian remake of the British...