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  2. Puddling (civil engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Puddle has to be kept wet in order to remain waterproof so it is important for canals to be kept filled with water. The clay is laid down with a tool called a 'punner', or 'pun', a large rectangular block on a handle about 5 feet (1.5 m) long, or trodden down, or compacted by some other means (e.g. by an excavator using the convex outside of ...

  3. Waterproofing - Wikipedia

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    Waterproofing conducted on the exterior of a freeway tunnel. Waterproofing is the process of making an object, person or structure waterproof or water-resistant so that it remains relatively unaffected by water or resisting the ingress of water under specified conditions.

  4. Embankment dam - Wikipedia

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    An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and a dense, impervious core. This makes the dam impervious to surface or seepage erosion. [1]

  5. Damp proofing - Wikipedia

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    Waterproof is defined by the ASTM as a treatment that resists the passage of water under pressure. [1] Generally, damp proofing keeps exterior moisture from entering a building; vapor barriers , a separate category, keep interior moisture from getting into walls.

  6. Detention dam - Wikipedia

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    The general design for a flood detention dam has a cross sectional shape of a trapezoid, where the longer of the parallel sides is the base of the dam, and the angled sides face upstream and downstream. The flood detention dam has an opening at the top to release the flood water at a controlled rate that the channels below can accommodate.

  7. Inflatable rubber dam - Wikipedia

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    The dam is located just below the confluence of the Western and Main Branches of the Susquehanna, between the towns of Shamokin Dam and Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The dam is 2,100 feet (640 m) long and is made of seven dam bags. [10] When it is raised in the summer time, it creates the 3,000 acre (12 km 2) Lake Augusta, which is used for recreation ...

  8. Thomson Dam (Minnesota) - Wikipedia

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    The most visible part of Thomson Dam is the primary structure straddling the Saint Louis River channel near Minnesota State Highway 210. However, the Thomson Project is actually composed of multiple dams and control structures, several of which have been rebuilt and merged over the years.

  9. R. Vidyasagar Rao Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme - Wikipedia

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    Dindi Reservoir is a medium water reservoir across Dindi tributary of River Krishna located near Dindi, Mahabubnagar town in Telangana. [4] [5] It is part of Srisailam Left Bank Canal.