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sluicegate

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sluicegate
a valve or gate fitted to a sluice to control the rate of flow of water


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In some places you can hear the sluicegates gurgling under the gallery floor.
Its name comes from the sluicegate erected in the 17th Century to allow silt and sand to be flushed from the harbour.
 
 
 
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