DCHP-3

ice anchorage

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an engineering technique for slowing down the flow of a river during break-up, involving the dredging of holes into the river bottom so that the ice will build up, forming a barrier.

Quotations

1963
Acting City Engineer Charles Howarth describes the provincial project as an ice anchorage system to cut down the danger of spring floods.
1963
Dredges dig out ice anchorages in the Bow River by Princes Island. The idea is to form an ice bridge, prevent pile-ups, flooding.