schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat is this fenced catwalk above a pipe leading to a walled reservoir off the shore of a river with a high voltage box nearby for?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1imageWhat is this fenced catwalk above a pipe leading to a walled reservoir off the shore of a river with a high voltage box nearby for?sh.itjust.worksschipelblorp@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squaredparticiple@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoAh! Pretty sure that’s a stilling well to measure the river stage: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/stilling-wells-have-been-used-historically-measure-river-stage https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/mands//wmm/chap06_07.html
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoCool. That explains the reservoir, too! Thanks! Provisionally solved!
Ah! Pretty sure that’s a stilling well to measure the river stage:
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/stilling-wells-have-been-used-historically-measure-river-stage
https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/mands//wmm/chap06_07.html
Cool. That explains the reservoir, too! Thanks! Provisionally solved!