Snautzer01
Honourably banned
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- Mar 26, 2007
MY WORLD
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....................NOW I SEE IT. 
Crimea_River
Marshal
It's the Canadian version of Mt. Rushmore. 50 million for a feasibility study, 2 years of environmental review, 5 years of woke protesters not wanting to glorify flawed past leaders, 250 million in legal battles and 30 million in a federal campaign pointing out the societal benefits of something that no-one sees.
at6
1st Sergeant
It's beautiful.
special ed
1st Sergeant
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- May 13, 2018
Is this the Canadian Mt. Rushmore you mentioned?
ODonovan
Airman 1st Class
I totally missed THAT sleeping dog. I thought you meant THIS one.
-Irish
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fubar57
General
Buddy putting in a 2:1 slope on the dam. He pushes down as far as the hydro poles. I was prepping to put a 1 metre light vehicle berm across the opening. When we started building the dam, it was at the same elevation as the poles for 8 kilometres. We had fog all week and this was a brief respite
I just noticed, believe it or not, this is a colour photo
I just noticed, believe it or not, this is a colour photo
at6
1st Sergeant
Wouldn't it be for holding water back?
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fubar57
General
Not just water, but tailings from the mill. Tailings are a mixture of water, chemicals and material after the ore has been extracted. The photo was taken from "Yellow A". When we started the dam the elevation was an average of 1035 metres above sea level; it is now 1083. "Yellow 1,2 and 3" show the tailings in the holding cells. They are used to force the water towards the final destination, "Yellow Z". At the point of the downward slope of "Yellow Z", you can see (barely) the floating pump-house that sends reclaimed water back to the mill. "Red 1,2,3 and 4" show the water in the cells. "Black A" going counter-clockwise to "Black Z" is the dam perimeter, roughly 11 kilometres.
I hope this makes a bit of sense
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Just did a Googl Earth on it, That is one huge operation. 
Good shots George!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Beware of low flying Lancasters ........................................
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fubar57
General
....or DC-3s. The recreation took place just outside of town
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good job it wasn't a live "Upkeep" then !
