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...

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 [geˈneː ˈmɑsˤri, ˈɡeni-]; abbreviations: £, E£, £E, LE, or EGP in Latin, and ج.م. in Arabic, ISO code:...

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...

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...

(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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

then falls down the other side. The summit pound is a level stretch of water at the highest part of the canal, contained by two locks that prevent the water...

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...

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...

use of the drydock system in China to repair boats out of water. The canal pound lock was invented in China during the previous century, while Shen Kuo...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), crossing...

regent. 983 The Taiping Yulan was completed. 984 Qiao Weiyo invented the canal pound lock. 986 The Wenyuan Yinghua was completed. 990 Fan Kuan was born. 993...

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...

53°24′N 2°36′W / 53.4°N 2.6°W / 53.4; -2.6 The Manchester Ship Canal is a 36 mi-long (58 km) inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester...