splash dam
Americannoun
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If you’re more of a hiking novice, head to Whipple Creek Regional Park, a fairly easy four-mile hike that includes a loop where you can see the stone wall ruins of a 100-year-old splash dam and mill.
From Seattle Times
Logging activity came shortly after, and the river was converted into a channel of sorts for splash dam logging operations.
From Washington Times
Usually the creeks were much too shallow to carry rafts of logs so he constructed a splash dam at a suitable point between the high banks of the stream.
From Project Gutenberg
A splash dam consisted of two square cribs of logs filled with great stones.
From Project Gutenberg
So now, on a bigger scale, he made a figure-four trap-trigger for his splash dam.
From Project Gutenberg
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