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Kunstgraben, the Glossary

Index Kunstgraben

A Kunstgraben is a type of man-made water channel that was once used by mines to drive the water wheels needed for power, mine drainage and a host of other purposes.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Aqueduct (water supply), Canal, Dyke Ditch, Georgius Agricola, Halsbrücke, Harz, Kunstteich, Leat, Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System, Man engine, Mining in the Upper Harz, Neugrabenflöße, Revierwasserlaufanstalt Freiberg, Roter Graben, Sperberhai Dyke, Steam engine, Upper Harz Ditches, Upper Harz Water Regale, Upper Harz Water Tunnels, Water engine, Water turbine, Water wheel, Watermill, Weir.

  2. Hydropower
  3. Water management in mining

Aqueduct (water supply)

An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Dyke Ditch

The Dyke Ditch (Dammgraben) is the longest artificial ditch in the Upper Harz in central Germany.

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Georgius Agricola

Georgius Agricola (born Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist.

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Halsbrücke

Halsbrücke is a municipality and village in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

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Harz

The Harz is a highland area in northern Germany.

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Kunstteich

A Kunstteich (plural: Kunstteiche) is an historic German term for a man-made lake or pond associated with the mining industry and its technology. Kunstgraben and Kunstteich are hydropower and water management in mining.

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Leat

A leat (also lete or leet, or millstream) is the name, common in the south and west of England and in Wales, for an artificial watercourse or aqueduct dug into the ground, especially one supplying water to a watermill or its mill pond. Kunstgraben and leat are water management in mining.

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Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System

Within the Lower Harz region (in the counties of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in central Germany) are still many traces of the historical water management facilities used by the mining industry. Kunstgraben and Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System are water management in mining.

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Man engine

A man engine is a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels.

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Mining in the Upper Harz

Mining in the Upper Harz region of central Germany was a major industry for several centuries, especially for the production of silver, lead, copper, and, latterly, zinc as well.

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Neugrabenflöße

The Neugrabenflöße (also called the Floßgraben), was a roughly 18 km long Kunstgraben dating to the 17th century.

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Revierwasserlaufanstalt Freiberg

The Revierwasserlaufanstalt Freiberg (approximately: "Freiberg Mines Water Management System") or RWA Freiberg, was a historical water management system that delivered driving water to the Freiberg mines in the time of the German Electorate and later Kingdom of Saxony. Kunstgraben and Revierwasserlaufanstalt Freiberg are water management in mining.

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Roter Graben

Roter Graben may refer to.

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Sperberhai Dyke

The Sperberhai Dyke (Sperberhaier Damm) is in fact an aqueduct which forms part of the Upper Harz Water Regale network of reservoirs, ditches, dams and tunnels in the Harz mountains of central Germany.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Upper Harz Ditches

The Upper Harz Ditches (Oberharzer Gräben) are hillside ditches, running roughly parallel to the contour lines, that were laid out in the Upper Harz in Germany from the 16th to the 19th centuries to supply water power to the silver mines there.

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Upper Harz Water Regale

The Upper Harz Water Regale (Oberharzer Wasserregal) is a system of dams, reservoirs, ditches and other structures, much of which was built from the 16th to 19th centuries to divert and store the water that drove the water wheels of the mines in the Upper Harz region of Germany. Kunstgraben and Upper Harz Water Regale are water management in mining.

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Upper Harz Water Tunnels

The Upper Harz Water Tunnels (Oberharzer Wasserläufe) are part of the Upper Harz Water Regale - a network of reservoirs, ditches, tunnels and other structures in the Harz mountains of central Germany.

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Water engine

The water engine is a positive-displacement engine, often closely resembling a steam engine with similar pistons and valves, that is driven by water pressure.

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Water turbine

A water turbine is a rotary machine that converts kinetic energy and potential energy of water into mechanical work.

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Water wheel

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill.

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Watermill

A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower.

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Weir

A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.

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See also

Hydropower

Water management in mining

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstgraben