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Description
This is a model of a sluiceway also called flapper or tide gate valves. These were placed in dike walls every 50-100 feet, the sluiceway door valve would begin to open as the tide fell, allowing any fresh water in the dike to flush into the ditches and eventually into rivers and to the ocean; as the tide rose the valve closed preventing the salt water from flowing into the dike.
About This Item
- Title: Sluiceway, Scarborough, 1963
- Creation Date: 1963
- Subject Date: 1963
- Location: Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Wood
- Dimensions: 31.7 cm x 29.9 cm
- Collection: The Marsh
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Marshes--Maine--Scarborough
- Dikes (Engineering)--Maine--Scarborough
- Earthwork--Maine--Scarborough
- Dams--Maine--Scarborough
- Sluice gates--Maine--Scarborough
- Sluices--Maine--Scarborough
- Sluice gates--Design and construction--Maine--Scarborough
- Models and modelmaking--Maine--Scarborough
- Engineering models--Maine--Scarborough
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Scarborough Historical Society & MuseumPO Box 156, Scarborough, ME 04070-0156
(207) 885-9997
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