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About a year ago, Eschaton, Punchy, and I visited this dam. We had nothing but a name to go on – and thanks for the tip, Avius. Anyway, the three of us met at a grocery store about a half hour away, and as we drove to the dam I was ridiculously excited – I’ve loved dams for years, long before I knew UE was a thing. I love them because they’re at the crux of human needs and ecological integrity. They’re part of our industrial infrastructure, as well as symbols of our tenuous upper hand on nature. And apart from all that, I just think they’re pretty.
We drove up the gravel road to a closed gate, which, based on what we could tell from Google maps, was as far from the dam as we’d feared it would be. But what else were we supposed to do? We pulled the car to the side of the road and started hoofing it. A few minutes after slipping past the gate – which was closed, locked, and said “no trespassing” – we saw the road swell with dust, and moments later a white jeep approached us. Punchy waved hello, and we kept walking. The jeep kept driving. The legal route can extend so far!
So, we kept trucking and eventually reached the dam.
It was built in the 1920s.
The generators were removed more than 50 years ago, so it’s essentially a water main now. The reservoir supplies water to about 300,000 people.
If everything seems small, well yes, the dam is quite small. However, the scale is hard to fathom and I wish I had gotten a few shots with people in them.
It might look like a coiled turd, but it’s actually a river’s first step on the journey to someone’s faucet.
Reflecting on this explore from a distance of about 1 year and 3,000 miles makes me think about the gap between what it looks like and what it is. Yes, the pipes look small. But they’re huge. And a single dam looks inconsequential, but it changes the ecological landscape dramatically. And you’d think cities would secure their water mains, but nah. Skinny people can slip right in. So it goes.
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Ah, nice, cool to finally see these. That was a fun visit, and in hindsight, we probably could've spent a little more time there (since we'd seen the caretaker on his way out, after all), but we probably did the right thing by not dawdling. And next time you're in town, remind me and we'll go to that other dam that I told you about.
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looks cool
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Wow! Beautiful!
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Punchy, you know I would love to see the other dam! Maybe sometime this fall. And maybe we won't feel as rushed as we did here. I know I was on edge the whole time.
AKBC it was cool! I'd never seen anything quite like it before.
DJ Craig, thank you!
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You posted these somewhere already and I drooled then. I'm drooling again. Crisp shots!
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Good stuff as always
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**oozes jealousy**
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Thanks everyone!
Posted by IndoAnomaly
You posted these somewhere already and I drooled then. I'm drooling again. Crisp shots!
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Appreciate it. They were all handheld so it's nice to hear they're crispy enough.
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Beautiful site and shooting
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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Posted by sara'mer
Thanks everyone!
Appreciate it. They were all handheld so it's nice to hear they're crispy enough.
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Handheld?! Geez. What do you shoot with?
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Thanks!
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Handheld?! Geez. What do you shoot with?
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I shoot with the mechanical masterpiece known as a Rebel t3i. Haha. I've been very happy with it though!
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Posted by sara'mer
I shoot with the mechanical masterpiece known as a Rebel t3i. Haha. I've been very happy with it though!
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Oh, that's right. I shoot with the Rebel T3. I forgot that you let me use your lens that one time. Speaking of which, I should probably get around to editing those photos soon. 
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Posted by IndoAnomaly
Oh, that's right. I shoot with the Rebel T3. I forgot that you let me use your lens that one time. Speaking of which, I should probably get around to editing those photos soon.
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Oh I'd forgotten about that too! It's definitely time for you to do some editing!
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Went back a couple weeks ago and shot some exteriors. Such a cool place. I didn't, however, even attempt to go inside. No way I could've fit through that tiny opening that you went through...
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