Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
compuerta vagón
English translation:
fixed wheel gate
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Dolores Vázquez
Jul 11, 2011 12:52
12 yrs ago
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compuerta vagón
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Engineering (general)
A type of hydraulic gate, as used in a cofferdam.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | fixed wheel gate |
Dolores Vázquez
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| 5 | vertical lift gate |
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Change log
Jul 25, 2011 11:13: Dolores Vázquez Created KOG entry
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Dolores Vázquez
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Also a Technical Engineer
Native in: Galician 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 5 more.
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fixed wheel gate
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vertical lift gate
Wnile there are no English source web sites that use "wagon", there is a Spanish & a Brazilian that use it in translations to English.
The pictures correspond to a vertical lift gate.
Brazilian -
http://www.cbdb.org.br/documentos/23 RD ICOLD CONGRESS.pdf
Spanish -
http://www.cmchydro.es/en/gate-wagon.php
The third contains US Army Corps of Engineers photos.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2011-07-11 20:09:52 GMT)
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The term seems to have come from the French 'chariot'
The pictures correspond to a vertical lift gate.
Brazilian -
http://www.cbdb.org.br/documentos/23 RD ICOLD CONGRESS.pdf
Spanish -
http://www.cmchydro.es/en/gate-wagon.php
The third contains US Army Corps of Engineers photos.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2011-07-11 20:09:52 GMT)
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The term seems to have come from the French 'chariot'
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