DCHP-3

side dam

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a dam built at the side of a rapids to build up a reservoir of water for floating logs down a slide (def. la).

See: slide(def. 1a)

Quotations

1883
At that time . . . [the rapids] were in their natural state, but now they have been improved by side dams and slides that their passage is comparatively easy.