Sunday, February 27, 2011

GEARS AND A WHEEL



A walk across the top of Overholser Dam one will find straight rows of gears that were once hand operated.



Opening and shutting the flood gates were their function. Although I did not count them, there were many to be opened when the flood waters arrived from the rain swollen North Canadian River.






I sure hope the workers had more than one wheel because that was a lot of 'DAM' gates to open!
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  1. PaulFebruary 27, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    Nice set of photos and explanation to go with!

    I am impressed with the simplicity of this setup... No wires, no motors, no sensors just one fellow with really sore arms at the end of the day!

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  2. RonFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:50 AM

    I like these photos! I especially like the middle one, very nice shot!

    You're getting really good at those frames too!

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  3. Quynh LeFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Now this is what I called the LINE of Focus. You have multible objects that lead to the background. I like the 2nd one the most, very well balance picture. Great Job!

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