Jingjiang Flood Diversion Sluice

Jingjiang Flood Diversion Sluice

The Jingjiang Flood Diversion Sluice is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Jingjiang Flood Diversion Sluice is located at both the northern and southern ends of Gong'an County in Jingzhou City and serves as the main structure of the Jingjiang Flood Diversion Project. It is 5 kilometers from Jingzhou City. The inlet sluice (also known as the North Sluice) stands at Taipingkou at the northern end; the control sluice (also known as the South Sluice) crosses the Hudu River at Huangshantou at the southern end. Gong'an County, Hubei Province. For centuries before 1949, the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River suffered frequent flooding. Within the 921-square-kilometer flood diversion zone southwest of the river dike between Taipingkou and Ouchikou, two key sluice gates were constructed: the inlet sluice, commonly called the North Sluice (at Taipingkou), and the control sluice, commonly known as the South Sluice. These were built between 1952 and 1953. They were put into use during the catastrophic floods of July–August 1954 and played a significant role. The inlet sluice features a reinforced concrete structure, is 1,054.4 meters long and 46.5 meters high, and has 54 bays, each spanning 18 meters. It is equipped with open steel radial gates, with a maximum flood discharge capacity of 8,000 cubic meters per second. As a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, it is a large-scale agricultural water conservancy hub that also serves tourism and sightseeing purposes.

Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Sixth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units