Around here a 1000 feet makes it a _mountain_.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Englishman_Who_Went_up_a_Hill_but_Came_down_a_Mountain
On 9 March 2016 at 05:43, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 3/8/2016 8:47 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>> I visited the one in/on Racoon Mtn. in Tennessee. Kinda cool. Nice hike in
>>> the woods on top, too.
>>>
>> The one at Ludington, Michigan is incredible.
>>
>
> Raccoon looks cooler, I think. Reservoir on top of a large natural
> mountain* and guts inside. The surface of the reservoir when full is about
> 1,500' above the river. So it must have a considerably higher head than
> Ludington.
>
> Oddly, enough, getting head height for these facilities isn't that easy.
> Wikipedia says Lake Michigan water is raised 360', while another site gives
> an effective head of 529'. A TV news story gives 1,100' for Raccoon. In any
> case, it generates more than twice the power of Ludington with less than
> half the stored water.
>
> Glug, Glug Moose
>
> * We tend to call things 1,000' tall hills around here. I live at that
> altitude in the Berkeley Hills, maybe 70% of the way up.
>
> --
> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|