Black Mountain

The greening of the mountains from Tanbark Ridge overlook, elevation 3175 feet, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. The road seen in upper left is the parkway as it continues northeast. Can you see the little houses, including my favorite, the red roofed one?

Friday, June 7, 2013

The dam

Lots of folks in Black Mountain believe in living in a more "natural way" than they used to, back in the cities, or whenever they visit the structures which show great engineering feats.

 Here's a slightly more natural kind of dam...earthen that is, rather than concrete.  It does have engineering proclaimed through a sluice gear which can be opened whenever there's flooding upstream in the mountains.  It allows the lake to be drained quite a bit if needed.



There's the control valve.
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