weir

Now that has been achieved, attention has turned to repairing the weir before the "winter flood" and also the footpath to restore access.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

West Cumbria Rivers Trust is dismantling a redundant weir at Glinger Burn near Longtown to help the eel and other fish migrate up and down the river more easily.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The conservation work, funded by the Environment Agency, will see diggers spend the next two weeks taking down the weir.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The court was also shown photos of a weir the group was trying to navigate.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Instead, she was carried back each time to the weir, where she clung to a rusty iron ring, waiting for him, her white face vivid against the lurid mossy walls and greenish cement.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

On Monday the court heard Kane's post-mortem examination confirmed he had died from drowning after going into freezing water at a river with rock weirs and deep pools, where he became trapped by the current.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

The study found the highest levels of genetic isolation in rivers that were both polluted with metal and affected by physical barriers such as dams and weirs.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024

The restoration of riverside forests, natural meanders in waterways and weirs in the mountains would all help diminish flooding, he said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2023

The weirs allow some fish to continue their journey upstream to spawn while yielding a harvest calibrated to the needs of the local community.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023

Fishing with Kapugen was murky-tan in her memory, for they would wade out into the river mouth where the stone weirs were built and drive the fish into nets between the walls.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George