Water Spike

Local nameReusswehr
LocationLucerne, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra

A needle dam is a weir designed to maintain the level or flow of a river through the use of thin "needles" of wood. The needles are leaned against a solid frame and are not intended to be water-tight. Individual needles can be added or removed by hand to constrict the flow of the river, forming a sluice.

One early needle dam maintains the level of Lake Lucerne in Lucerne, Switzerland by restricting the flow of the Reuss, several are still in operation on the Meuse, France and others were built in the United States in the 19th century.

The first needle dam in the United States was completed in 1896 on the Big Sandy River, downstream from the city of Louisa, Kentucky.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_dam

Official website http://www.reusswehr.ch/

Address Reusssteg 7 6003 Lucerne, Switzerland

Coordinates 47°3'5.968" N 8°18'9.841" E

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