A part of its waters were diverted with barrages to feed hydraulic installations or mères-royes, a local name for the main fittings used to irrigate humid grassland.

Consequently the city had no difficulties in obtaining the necessary resources for the construction of one of the biggest and most controversial hydraulic installations on the Brazilian coast: The "Valo Grande" channel.

"In ipth century Egypt," he notes as an example, " 'the whole corviable population [unpaid and underpaid laborers] worked in four huge shifts on Mehmed Ali's hydraulic installations."

The king gave the building to Baron Arnold de Ville, the engineer of Liège who had conceived the hydraulic installation.

The cost however of the yaw brake in combination with the requirement of a hydraulic installation (pump, valves, pistons) and its installation in the vicinity of brake pads sensitive to lubricant contamination is often an issue.

The baths remained in use until the 6th century when the complex was taken by the Ostrogoths during the Gothic War, at which time the hydraulic installations were destroyed.

There are two possible ways of measurement: a complete fan or an impeller on a hydraulic installation.

These may consist of a simple transverse beam fixed at buffer height but the buffer stops at passenger stations can be elaborate hydraulic installations capable of absorbing a considerable amount of energy.

In a hydraulic installation, one pump can serve several cylinders and motors.

The natural waterways are interconnected by cuttings and hydraulic installations with locks and weirs, including towpaths along the canal bank and a system of roads, bridges and buildings.