pont-vanne

English translation: Sluice bridge

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French term or phrase:	pont-vanne
English translation:	Sluice bridge
Entered by:	claude-andrew

09:55 Jul 25, 2020

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / silt removal bridge

French term or phrase: pont-vanne

Le pont de la Chaume
Quelle aventure que la destruction de ce pont en novembre 1978 !
Ce pont inauguré en 1861 permettait de relier le quartier de La Chaume à la ville des Sables en traversant les chantiers de la Cabaude mais il servait aussi à désengorger le chenal des vases qui s'y accumulaient.
C'était un **pont-vanne** qui chassait les alluvions de manière à permettre un meilleur accès au port et faciliter le parcours des navires dans le chenal.
Sa destruction eut lieu le matin du 7 novembre en 1978, selon la décision du maire de l'époque, M. Albert Prouteau, pour permettre la mise en place d'un port dédié à la plaisance dans l'ancien bassin des chasses.

A photograph of the bridge in question can be seen here:
http://jacgig85.e-monsite.com/pages/descriptif/les-monuments... (NB Non-secure site unfortunately)

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Sluice bridge

Explanation:
Sluice bridge?

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-07-25 11:54:05 GMT)
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See sections 204, 246, 314, and 330.

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Robert Such

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Thanks Robert
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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

Sluice bridge

Robert Such

5 -1

bridge with lock

Johannes Gleim

gate valve bridge

Lisa Rosengard

3 -2

gate-bridge

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón

1 -1

Lock bridge

Bashiqa

Discussion entries: 4

Johannes Gleim

weirs over the Lauter, only sluice at the mouth

16:17 Jul 26, 2020

p. 204: The "pont-vanne de la' digue' (de débordement) du Rhin "no sluice, but lock,
p. 246 "Pont vanne sur la Lauter".
p. 314 "Continuing to follow … the lands of Fahr Wehr, Salmen Wehr and Stumpfwies (France) and Breiten Wehr …" passes through the central point of the bridge called Wehr-Brücke, … passes between the meadows of Wehr Wiesen (France, plan No. 60) Die Schanzen Theiler and Das Kriegs Wehr (Bavaria), (Wehr = weir)
p. 330 item 35 "bridge of Wehr, over the Lauter" (weir)
NON-NAVIGABLE WATERCOURSES AND OFF-LET CANALS FORMING PART OF THE FRONTIER.
p. 330 item 36 "Sluice bridge over the Lauter" (obviously same as below)
p. 335 item 39 "Weir over the Lauter"
p. 335 item 45 "Weir of St. Rémy Mill"
p. 335 item 50 "Weir of the Bienwald Mill"
p. 336 item 60 "sluice-bridge over the Lauter on the line of the Rhine". (confluent of Lauter with Rhine)
I know the small creek Lauter. It’s not navigable. That’s why no sluice is required.
See also https://www.google.de/maps/@49.0326561,8.1541107,23878m/data...
Compare the photo https://stock.adobe.com/fr/images/pont-vanne-entre-les-sable... for Pont-vanne entre les Sables d'Olonne et la Chaume.

Johannes Gleim

@ Robert: The mill on your ref. p. 200 has a weir

12:31 Jul 26, 2020

Description (in German):
An diesem Standort an der Lauter existieren seit dem 12. Jahrhundert Wassermühlen. Die heutige Bienwaldmühle, direkt an der französisch-deutschen Grenze, ist eine große, moderne Getreidemühle … Das Lauterwehr der Mühle wurde 2011 um eine sogenannte Fischtreppe erweitert, um Fischen und anderen Flusslebewesen die Überwindung des Wehres zu erleichtern und den ökologischen Zustand der Lauter zu verbessern.
https://www.komoot.de/guide/1143293/ausflugsziele-rund-um-sa...

Translation:
Water mills have existed at this location on the Lauter river since the 12th century. Today's Bienwald Mill, right on the French-German border, is a large, modern grain mill ...
The mill's Lauter weir was extended in 2011 by a so-called fish ladder to make it easier for fish and other river creatures to negotiate the weir and to improve the ecological condition of the Lauter.

Am Wehr bei der Getreidemühle wird der Fluss "Lauter" aufgestaut, um das Energie-Potential in der Mühle zu nutzen.
https://www.vdk.de/ov-schriesheim/ID135123?dscc=essenc

Translation:
At the weir near the grain mill the river "Lauter" is dammed up to use the energy potential in the mill.

Johannes Gleim

Another good reference

11:52 Jul 26, 2020

SOME ASPECTS OF GATE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION IN NAVIGATION LOCKS; WEIRS AND FLOOD BARRIERS

KEY WORDS
Hydraulic gate, lock gate, gate system, gate contact, gate support

MOTS-CLEFS
Vanne hydraulique, porte d’écluse, système des vannes, conditions d’appui d’une vanne, appui de porte

1. INTRODUCTION
Hydraulic gates in locks, weirs, movable flood barriers, shipyards and harbour docks, etc. constitute a quite exceptional group of structures.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ryszard_Daniel/publicat...
(15 pages with a lot of details about locks and gates)

Johannes Gleim

vanne - lock-gate

11:49 Jul 26, 2020

vanne f / sliding panel o. valve o. lock-gate, sluice, food gate, hatch, wicket of a weir (Dictionnaire Général de la Technique Industrielle)

lock gate
one of the two gates of a lock
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/de/worterbuch/englisch/loc...

vanne
1. [de barrage, écluse] gate
2. (= remarque) (informal) dig (informal) ⧫ crack
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/de/worterbuch/franzosisch-...

gate
1. [of garden] portail m
2. [of farm, at level crossing] barrière f
3. [of building, town, at airport] porte f
4. [of lock] vanne f
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/de/worterbuch/englisch-fra...

At normal river levels, the lock gates are left open, and the height of the canal is allowed to rise and fall with the height of the river.
:
The world's largest lock was, until 2016, the Berendrecht Lock, giving access to the Port of Antwerp in Belgium. In 2016 the Kieldrecht Lock in the same port became the largest. The lock is 500 m (1,600 ft) long, and 68 m (223 ft) wide and drops 17.8 m (58 ft), and has four sliding lock gates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(water_navigation)

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Lock bridge

Explanation:
Far from certain that there is not a better name.

Bashiqa
France
Local time: 22:13
Works in field
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English
PRO pts in category: 173

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Sluice bridge

Robert Such
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English
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Thanks Robert

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Ben Gaia: Intriguing source document!

8 hrs

agree

Libby Cohen: Judging from the photo in the link provided, sluice bridge makes sense. The bridge itself seems fixed and not movable.

15 hrs

disagree

Johannes Gleim: Not exactly, the "vanne" refers to one lock-gate or one lock. // downgraded as your link describes a weir at the mill situated at the "La Lauter" near Scheibenhard.

1 day 11 mins

-> 'Vanne' alone is translated as 'weir', but 'pont-vanne' is translated as 'sluice-bridge' and 'sluice bridge'. See sections 204, 246, 314, and 330.

agree

Schtroumpf: Voir Termium : vanne -> sluice, sluice gate etc. A noter toutefois qu'on a ici un système exploitant de grosses marées et non pas une mini-rivière alsacienne.

1 day 9 hrs

agree

Kim Metzger

1 day 12 hrs

agree

B D Finch

2 days 23 hrs

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

gate-bridge

Explanation:
Other option.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

bridge with lock

Explanation:
Pont-vannes du Millac
https://structurae.net/de/bauwerke/pont-vannes-du-millac/med...

File:Pont-vanne à Igny.jpg Utilisé :
Le canal maçonné large de 3,6 m avec des piédroits d’une hauteur de 2 m était bordé de berges larges de 4 m d’accès libre sauf dans la ruelle des Gobelins (actuelle rue Berbier-du-Mets) où leur largeur était limitée à 1,5 m. deux biefs avec vannes et déversoirs furent créés sur la Bièvre morte, quatre sur la Bièvre vive
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Dans les communes traversées à partir de Buc, et également à Paris, la Bièvre est divisée en deux bras, un bras artificiel, qui était généralement nommé bras vif, dont la pente est moindre ce qui crée en aval une dénivellation avec une chute qui actionnait les roues de moulins et un bras correspondant au cours naturel de la rivière, nommé bras mort, à pente régulière. À chaque embranchement, le niveau de l'eau de chaque bras est régulé par des vannes.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bièvre_(affluent_de_la_Seine)

Pont-vanne entre les Sables d'Olonne et la Chaume
https://stock.adobe.com/fr/images/pont-vanne-entre-les-sable...

Auparavant, la Chaume était reliée à la Cabaude aux Sables-d'Olonne par le pont des Écluses (un pont-vanne) sur la Vertonne construit en 18501, en amont du port de commerce, qui passait au-dessus de la chnoue (chenal d'entrée vers les marais).
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chaume_(Vendée)

Ainsi, il existe encore un certain nombre d'obstacles en terme d'infrastructure (goulets d'étranglement, gabarit inadapté, hauteur des ponts, fonctionnement des écluses, manque d'équipement de transbordement etc.
westmos.eu
For example, there are still a number of infrastructure problems (bottlenecks, inappropriate gauge, height of bridges, operation of locks, lack of transhipment equipment, etc.) which prevent the uninterrupted passage of vessels throughout the year.
westmos.eu
https://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&q...

The Stone Arch Bridge and lock at St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_Minnesota

Arch bridge with lock and towpath steps in the Cheshire countryside
https://www.dreamstime.com/arch-bridge-lock-towpath-steps-ch...

Brabyns Change Bridge with lock 9 on the far side of the bridge, 1906.
http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/pfc-locks-06-09-12-13/pfc-l...

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 22:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 189

1 day 22 hrs confidence:

gate valve bridge

Explanation:
A bridge is described with a function and purpose of dispersing floods, and in so doing it allows better passage and access to the port.

Example sentence(s):

C'était un 'pont vanne' qui chassait les alluvions de manière à permettre un meilleur accès au port et faciliter au parcours des navires dans le chenal.
It was a 'gate valve bridge' which dispersed floods in such a way as to allow better access to the port and to make merchant ship passage be possible in the channel.

www. Deepl.com/translator
Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15

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