February 14, 2007: Big-ass drain hole

Undertoad · 02-14-2007, 02:32 PM

Axlrosen finds this tiem via the blog Fogonazos - no I don't know what it means either, but it has highlighted this, the largest drain hole in the world.

This water passageway is the usual spill method for the Monticello Dam in Northern California.

It blows out its hole with great might.

More pics at the blog entry linked to above. They link to this site which explains it in some detail. Apparently the engineering term for this type of spillway is 'morning glory spillway', and they use the term 'glory hole' for this particular one. I decided not to attract Google links by using the term as the subject for today's item.

02-14-2007, 02:32 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	February 14, 2007: Big-ass drain hole Axlrosen finds this tiem via the blog Fogonazos - no I don't know what it means either, but it has highlighted this, the largest drain hole in the world. This water passageway is the usual spill method for the Monticello Dam in Northern California. It blows out its hole with great might. More pics at the blog entry linked to above. They link to this site which explains it in some detail. Apparently the engineering term for this type of spillway is 'morning glory spillway', and they use the term 'glory hole' for this particular one. I decided not to attract Google links by using the term as the subject for today's item.

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