Sluices {aqueduct}| can transport water over long distances using steady grade.
water storage pond or tank {cistern}.
Pipes {culvert} can go under roads or earth berms.
Machines {drawbridge} can raise or tilt bridge middle sections, to allow ships through.
Channels {millrace} to water wheels can speed water.
Waterways {seaway} can go from ocean inland.
Sloping water channels or troughs {sluice} can have gates.
reservoir water-overflow channel {spillway}.
Buildings {Turkish bath} can have steam baths, massage, and cold showers.
Roads or railroads {viaduct} can be above valleys on arches.
water-processing buildings {waterworks}.
Rocks or concrete {breakwater} can block tides at sea inlets.
People can build enclosures {cofferdam} from bottom to surface, to empty of water and allow work on bottom.
Earth or stone piles {embankment} can hold back water.
Concrete or rock lines {jetty} can block tides or currents at harbors or shorelines.
Earth or concrete banks {levee} can prevent river overflow.
Earth or concrete banks {seawall} can be at shore.
River dams {weir} can change water flow or trap fish.
Walkways and vehicle ways {dock, building} can lead into water for tying ships and boats.
Docks {dry dock} can lift boats out of water for work on hulls.
Vertical columns or beams {pier, building} can support buildings or platforms for boat docking.
wharf {quay}.
Platforms {wharf} can allow boat docking.
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