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2005-10-18 (11).JPG (81 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| The problem with the liner was that the forty by one hundred feet of liner had to be properly oriented in the pond to minimize wrinkles and overlaps for the length of the liner - and the liner had to be unfolded for it's total width, placed under the top two waterfall stones and yet kept out of the way of the trackhoe and men. After some of it was unfolded and positioned, the remainder was placed over by the pool and the trackhow was moved out of the way. Remember, it weighted about 1200 pounds! |
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2005-10-29 (08).JPG (101 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| The lower water falls, about 60 feet away, make me stand and stare in amazement. I am thinking, "I helped build this!" |
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2005-11-17 (04).JPG (71 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| It is cold! The snow decides to stick around... |
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2005-10-25 (01).JPG (107 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| Once we got the pond construction beyond some constraining trees, we "let er rip" and layed out the rest of the liner! Jeepers is this going to be big! |
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2005-10-29 (13).JPG (123 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| The lava rock juts out just like I knew it would. Oh, I didn't tell you the final gallons on the fill - eleven thousand, five hundred. (11,500). I know. We all thought it would more. It is much bigger than the 22,000 gallon pool. But it isn't. The water meter didn't lie. Even with four and a half feet of depth and seventy feet long, the average depth being about two feet. |
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2005-10-29 (02).JPG (86 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| And the pond filled - overnight. It looks cold and deep. It is. |
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2006-03-21 (11).JPG (42 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| The stream stays open most of the winter. I took this picture before I shoveled the walk. |
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2005-11-16 (07).JPG (88 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| The pumps run through the winter. Looks cold... |
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2005-10-25 (04).JPG (108 KB)
Created Date 9/17/2006
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| This was a staging area for river rock and boulders for the middle of the pond construction. |
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