wear-dam

Updated: July 8, 2025

The puddle wall is sixteen feet wide at starting, and diminishes to four feet at the top: so no water can creep in through our jacket." "But what are these apertures?" inquired Grotait. "Oh, those are the waste-pipes. They pass through the embankment obliquely, to the wear-dam: they can be opened, or shut, by valves, and run off ten thousand cubic feet of water a minute."

Charles Reade - Put Yourself in His Place