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    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...
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  • shelter (also a "pound"), a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals Animal pound, a similar structure Canal pound, the stretch of level...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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)...
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    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:...
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    Paddington Arm (category Canals in England)
    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...
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    (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)...
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    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...
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