forebay
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forebays
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Some experts describe the forebay as a “death trap” for fish species that have suffered major declines in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
Those fish that manage to avoid predators in the forebay next encounter an elaborate system of underwater barriers at the John E. Skinner Delta Fish Protective Facility, which has been operating since 1968.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
Visitors can peer over a glass protector to observe the inner forebay, which, through underwater arches, filtered the incoming water into the plant before it churned through the penstocks.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
The forebay is longer than a football field, about the width of three freeway lanes and four stories high, with 34 openings in the ceiling.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2018
They have been repairing the forebay," Howat explained; "the Forge has been closed.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
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