The Rance Barrage is the first example of what?
Tidal barrage pressure). When the water level outside of the basin or lagoon changes relative to the water level inside, the turbines are able to produce power. The basic elements of a barrage are caissons, embankments, sluices, turbines, and ship locks. Sluices, turbines, and ship locks are housed in caissons (very large concrete blocks). Embankments seal a basin where it is not sealed by caissons. The sluice gates applicable to tidal power are the flap gate, vertical rising gate, radial gate, and rising sector. Only a few such plants exist. The first was the Rance Tidal Power Station, on the Rance river,
The Rance Allen Group July 1985 establishment. In November 2011, Rance Allen was elevated to the office of Bishop in the Church of God in Christ, for the Michigan Northwestern Harvest Jurisdiction. Allen was born in 1948 in Monroe, Michigan to Thomas and Emma Pearl Allen. He has 11 siblings: six sisters and five brothers. Allen founded the Rance Allen Group in Detroit in 1969 joined by his brothers Thomas and Steve. Allen is married to Ellen Marie Allen ("née" Groves). The two were married on December 1, 1970. The Rance Allen Group The Rance Allen Group is a gospel music group formed in