(Gate Valves) Valves that have a wheel type handle. Several turns of the handle are required to turn off a gate valve. Gate valves are most commonly used on mainline pipes with high water pressure or high water flow.
A valve that lets you completely stop, but not modulate, the flow within a pipe.
A valve with a sliding part that controls the extent of the aperture
A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a round or rectangular gate/wedge out of the path of the fluid.
giant gate valves
some of the many gate valves used in the massive water system of the old APA Cannery at Pilot Point.
The water towers decayed and were taken down circa 1978.
overgrown valve
sluice gate, used to control water supply to old bleach works.