splash dam

noun

1. a flood dam built to contain water that is released for driving logs.

Example Sentences

If you’re more of a hiking novice, head to Whipple Creek Regional Park, a fairly easy four-mile hike that includes a loop where you can see the stone wall ruins of a 100-year-old splash dam and mill.

From Seattle Times

Logging activity came shortly after, and the river was converted into a channel of sorts for splash dam logging operations.

From Washington Times

Usually the creeks were much too shallow to carry rafts of logs so he constructed a splash dam at a suitable point between the high banks of the stream.

From Project Gutenberg

A splash dam consisted of two square cribs of logs filled with great stones.

From Project Gutenberg

So now, on a bigger scale, he made a figure-four trap-trigger for his splash dam.

From Project Gutenberg