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    An intake tower or outlet tower is a vertical tubular structure with one or more openings used for capturing water from reservoirs and conveying it further...
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    company debarred by the World Bank for its role in the scandal. The intake tower is located approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Katse Dam and...
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    functioning today, much of the aqueduct structure, including its water intake tower, the Fumm al-Khalig, still stands. The Citadel of Cairo was a massive...
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    The Straining Tower at Lake Vyrnwy is an intake tower built to extract water from the lake. The tower stands on the north shore of Lake Vyrnwy, near the...
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    water continues entering faster than it can be released. In contrast, an intake tower is a structure used to control water release on a routine basis for purposes...
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    Company (JCI) from South Africa, and Impresa Ing. di Penta from Italy. The intake tower is situated on the south bank of the Gariep Reservoir at Oviston, approximately...
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    it enters the intake towers and then four gradually narrowing penstocks which funnel the water down towards the powerhouse. The intakes provide a maximum...
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    notably, the upgraded forts received defended air intake towers, intended to look like water towers, that could function as observation posts and emergency...
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    Mississinewa Lake Water Intake Tower at Mississinewa Lake Dam Mississinewa Lake Show map of Indiana Mississinewa Lake Show map of the United States Location...
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    500 m2) facility is 426.5 ft (130.0 m) long, has a 95 ft (29 m) tall intake tower and a 123 ft (37 m) tall exhaust stack. Built from 3,450 tons of steel...
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    air intake. This fan/fin arrangement is also known as draw-through. Forced draft — A mechanical draft tower with a blower type fan at the intake. The...
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    feet per second (74 m3/s). The technologically advanced and unusual intake tower regulates water temperature by combining lake water from different depths...
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    Swissmill Tower in Zürich, Switzerland. Inside the tower are 30 cells inside which about 8,000 metric tons of grain can be stored. The intake capacity...
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    flood of 394 cubic metres per second (13,900 cu ft/s). The Charmaine intake tower draws water from the reservoir into the Franschhoek Tunnel, which conveys...
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    International Hotel and Tower over violations of the Clean Water Act, alleging an illegal operation of a cooling water intake structure that siphons water...
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    fish from swimming or being drawn into an aqueduct, cooling water intake, intake tower, dam or other diversion on a river, lake or waterway where water...
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    is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Gathright Dam's intake tower contains nine portals that allow it to release water between reservoir...
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    The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community...
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    predecessor, al-Ashraf, is responsible for building an octagonal water intake tower on the shores of the Nile, from which water was raised and transferred...
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    Katse Dam reservoir and intake tower...
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    at the dam. A tunnel (and finally a penstock) from the powerhouse outlet tower, in the lake between Prattville and the Plumas Pines Resort, delivers water...
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    The uncompleted dam with spillway and intake tower near La Farge, Wisconsin...
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    sunlight. Salesforce Tower is designed to be a green building, with the building employing water conservation measures and air intake systems.[not verified...
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    al-Nasir Muhammad and later expanded by al-Ghuri (r. 1501–1516). Its water intake tower, a large hexagonal structure, still stands today and is located near...
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    sanitary facilities, communications and electrical power. A fortified air intake tower was provided to improve ventilation. The fort was bombarded from the...
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    Qargha Dam The intake tower in 2007 Location of Qargha Dam in Afghanistan Country Afghanistan Location Qargha, Kabul Province Coordinates 34°33′11″N 69°02′04″E...
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    on account of siltation, evaporation, seepage and other defects. The intake tower of the dam was not functioning properly and control valves were leaking...
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    to the east. Long sections of the elevated aqueduct, as well as its intake tower near the river, are still standing today. Located on the Nile River close...
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    requirements. A typical set of outlet works begins in an intake structure, which is usually a canal or intake tower. A regulating gate or valve controls water flow...
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    The Bank of America Tower, also known as 1 Bryant Park, is a 55-story skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is located...
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