Question: what is the difference between a slide gate and a sluice gate?
Answer: A mill race, leet, flume, penstock or lade is a sluice channelling water toward a water mill. The terms sluice, sluice gate, knife gate, and slide gate are used interchangeably in the water and wastewater control industry. ... Sluice gates commonly control water levels and flow rates in rivers and canals.