Aw, think of all the disappointment out there in all those conch communities :cry:

It's a catenary.

So named for the cat-that-ate-the-canary

so. close.

but, it's not. at one time, that would also have been my first guess. As it stands, the curve is a parabola, not a catenary curve. Here's the explanation.

Interesting. I really didn't think it was a catenary since it had the concrete loading it.