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forebay

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forebay [′fȯr‚bā]
(civil engineering)
A small reservoir at the head of the pipeline that carries water to the consumer; it is the last free water surface of a distribution system.
A reservoir feeding the penstocks of a hydro-power plant.

forebay
An integral part of a structure’s upper story that significantly overhangs the story below; see forebay barn.


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Participating restaurants include BearsO Den, The Forebay and Hershey Grill at Hershey Lodge; the Circular Dining Room, The Fountain Caf and Harvest at The Hotel Hershey; Highlands Grill at Hershey Links golf course; Hogan Grill at Hershey Country Club; and Devon Seafood Grill and HoulihanOs, located in the Hershey Press Building in downtown Hershey.
Automated trash rakes can handle debris with great efficiency, either by dumping it on the forebay or intake deck, or through a conveyor or trough.
Chemawawin Cree Nation has had a specific grievance against the federal government since the 1960s when our community was moved and our old homes and lands flooded to make way for the Grand Rapids Forebay hydroelectric project.
 
 
 
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