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Side view cut-away diagram of the radial arm of the Tainter gate, Ice Harbor Dam, Snake River, Pasco, Washington (USACE)
Tainter gate from the back, or spillway, on the John H. Kerr Dam, Boydton, Virginia (USACE)
Tainter gate being constructed, in 1936, on the upper Mississippi River, Lock and Dam No. 7 (Onalaska Dam), La Crescent, Minnesota (USACE)
Stevenson Dam Tainter Gate

The Tainter gate is a type of radial arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow. It is named for its inventor, Wisconsin structural engineer Jeremiah Burnham Tainter.[1]

Tainter, an employee of lumber firm Knapp, Stout and Co., invented the gate in 1886 for use on the company's dam that forms Lake Menomin in the United States.[1]

  1. ^ a b "The Tainter Gate". Dunn County Historical Society.

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