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Encyclopedia: Weir

A weir is a small overflow-type dam commonly used to raise the level of a river or stream. Weirs have traditionally been used to create mill ponds in such places. Water flows over the top of a weir, although some weirs have sluice gates which release water at a level below the top of the weir. The crest of an overflow spillway on a large dam is often called a weir.

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How to say "Weir" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	堰
	(German)	Wehr (Wasserbau)
	(French)	Seuil (barrage)

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Baron Inverforth

The title of Baron Inverforth was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1919. Barons Inverforth (1919) Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth (1865-1955) Andrew Alexander Morton Weir, 2nd Baron Inverforth (1897-1975) Andrew Charles Roy Weir, 3rd Baron Inverforth (1932-1982) Andrew Peter Weir...

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Ratdog

Ratdog is a band formed by Bob Weir after the end of the Grateful Dead...

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J. Alden Weir

Julian Alden Weir (1850-1919) was an American impressionist painter. He was a member of the Cos Cob School...

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Bob Weir

Robert Hall Weir (born October 16, 1947) is an American guitar player, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. Weir was born in San Francisco, California. He had trouble in school... slide guitar and also split vocals with Jerry Garcia. Shortly before Garcia's death in 1995, Weir had...

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Michael Weir

Michael Weir (born 24 March 1957) is a Scottish politician. He is member of Parliament for Angus for the Scottish National Party, and was previously a solicitor...

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Five Weirs Walk

The 8 km long Five Weirs Walk runs alongside the River Don in Sheffield, England. From Lady's Bridge in Sheffield City Centre, it heads downstream, northwest, over the Cobweb Bridge, through Attercliffe to Meadowhall. As the name of the walk suggests, it passes five weirs. It is now possible to...

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Mary Hayward Weir

Mary Hayward Weir (?-1968) was an American steel heiress. Mary Hayward Weir was the wealthy widow of Pittsburgh steel king Ernest T. Weir, who died at the age of 81 in 1957. In January 1962 she... December 1957 to the United States. Weir and Kosinski met and fell in love while living in New York...

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Arabella Weir

Arabella Weir is a British comedian, actress and writer famous for her role in The Fast Show and a number of books including Does My Bum Look Big In This...

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Cos Cob School

Cos Cob School refers to a group of American Impressionists including Leonard Ochtman, Emil Carlsen, Mina Fonda Ochtman, Elmer MacRae, George Wharton Edwards, J. Alden Weir and John Henry Twachtman in Cos Cob, Connecticut...

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Green Card (movie)

Green Card is a film directed by Peter Weir in 1990. It stars Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell. It received an Academy Award nomination in the category Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen...

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