It was considered dÃ©classÃ© to refer to one's own townhouses, estates or villas (or those of friends) as mansions and modern etiquette books still advise that the terms house, big house or great house be used instead.
Waste weir. A waste weir on a navigable canal is a slatted gate on each canal level or pound, to remove excess water and to drain the canal for repairs or for the winter shutdown.
The Lake Weir basin is made up of three distinct areas: Lake Weir proper; Sunset. Harbor (SH), which is located in the southwest corner of the lake; and Little Lake Weir. (LLW), which is connected to Sunset Harbor to the north via a canal. All three of these. bodies of water make up the Lake Weir lake system.