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MOSE Project
Origin of the name
Before the acronym was used to describe the entire flood protection system, MOSE referred to the 1:1 scale prototype of a gate that had been tested between 1988 and 1992 at the Lido inlet.
The name also holds a secondary meaning: "MOSE" alludes to the biblical character Moses ("Mosè" in Italian), who is remembered for parting the Red Sea.
Design
The project is designed to construct 79 mobile sluices with hinged hubs on three channels connecting the Venice Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea.The movable board of each sluice weighs 300 tons, about 28 meters wide and 20 meters high.The sluice is installed on the cement base buried in the seabed.When a sea tide is forecast and the tidal water level rises more than 1 meter, compressed air will be injected into the hollow movable board to help the movable board rise.79 sluices form a dam, standing between the lagoon and the Adriatic Sea, to prevent the Adriatic water from flowing in.So that Venice will no longer be affected by the flood.
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