Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Dam


On Wednesday we were offered a surprise visit to a Slovakian dam on the Danube. Steve Kevin and I went. It was really awesome. Our Professor was preparing measurements to determine what was going on in the gate rooms where the water goes through. We got an explanation of how the were water proofing and preparing the set up for the large volumes of turbulent water passing through the room as well. We also got to see the locks in actions as well. This was also amazing considering the huge height difference in water. It was a fun unexpected trip.


Here we are 30m under the water level. The room is usually full of water. Also if anything went wrong where we were we would have been done for.



This side of the lock is under reconstruction but you can really see the height difference in the water level (look at the water lines on the cement).

The full set of pictures are here.

3 comments:

  1. nice! locks in action is pretty intersting stuff-we saw the locks in seattle but nothing like this. although there was a viewing area where we could watch thousands of salmon spawning. like watching a marathon: go slamon! go!

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  2. Awesome Rick! These are definitely more impressive than the Chicago lock we were stuck in. I love the picture of you in the Mario pipe. Keep up the adventures!

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  3. Just finished reading your blogs and viewing your pics posted since Oct 2. Sorry, your old dad wasn't set to follow your updates. I'll be checkning now. Sounds like you're having an adventure and getting an education, and making progress on your project - that's wonderful. Keep up the good work and updates. BTW, what's "pup" that you keep referring to?

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