Talk:Sluice

Layout
Can someone please fix the images overlapping to table of contents on this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.17.145.73 (talk) 01:23, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup
This article is supposedly about a sluice, but immediately gets involved in the intricacies of sluice gates. The lead has a very US biased and detailed piece about slide gates. Should 'sluice gates' be an article in its own right, or does this article just need re-organising? --Derek Andrews (talk) 12:48, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I think it needs reoranising. Noghiri (talk) 18:03, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

I do believe the article title needs to be changed to "Sluice Gate". Sluice is a german word that means "Channel". However, "Sluice Gate" is a hydraulic structure is known as "Sluice Gate" in many languages and terminologies. --Hydropower Plant (talk) 16:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree and think the article should really be divided into two articles: one discussing sluice gates, and the other discussing sluices as used in mining.  They are only related in the fact that the root words "sluice" appears in both, but from an engineering point of view, they are two unrelated concepts. Torquer (talk) 20:15, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Barrage
Barrage (engineering) redirects here. What is a Barrage anyway? Noghiri (talk) 18:06, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Changed redirect to Barrage (tidal). Lars T. (talk) 19:28, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Link to french page
I changed it from "sluice" to "écluse". I just discovered "sluice" as a french word, and its definition is completely different from "ecluse", which, from the context and the pictures, is what we're looking for. Please remove this section :) 85.72.129.17 (talk) 01:14, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Dutch
I have some information to add, but am not sure where to put it and whether it fits in this article. In Dutch, the word 'sluis' can be explained as sluice (a way to control water flow or water level with movable parts) or it can be explained as lock (a way to get ships or boats uphill). Smiling Eve (talk) 03:20, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You can make a section called "Etymology" and place the information in there. These types of sections are fairly common below the lead. Please cite a source though and if you need help, let me know. Thanks!--NortyNort (Holla) 19:07, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Fan Gate
The explanation of how a Fan Gate operates is (A) incorrect and (B) incomplete. Existing text: When the tube to the high water level side is opened the water level in the chamber will raise to this same level. Due to the difference in the surfaces of the doors there will be a net force opening up the gate. Corrected text: When the tube to the high water level side is opened the water level in the chamber will raise to this same level. As there is no height difference across the larger gate, it exerts no force. However the smaller gate has a higher level on the upstream side, which exerts a force to close the gate. When the tube to the low water side is opened the water level in the chamber will fall. Due to the difference in the surface areas of the doors there will be a net force closing the gate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wimboman (talk • contribs) 22:27, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Etymology
Etymology is probably incorrect. Seems like the word entered English from Old French. I just removed the section -- etymological info is already at sluice -moogsi(blah) 11:57, 28 August 2021 (UTC)