Feet and Fathoms

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I LOVE this one! Fantastic!

Lynne

Sun 04-08-2007

what was this gague used for.

fathom is 6ft

NIN

Sun 04-08-2007

Oh wow this one is superb!

Gorgeous close-up

What an impressive gauge!! You NEVER see this anywhere anymore, and never saw it often back then! You KNOW that if the two hit each other (3 feet, 10 fathoms), you had a definite problem. :)

Foxtrot_Xray

Mon 04-09-2007

Love the DOF on this one!

amazing shot!

Excellent perspective here. Love that shiny brass!!

I love this!

full fathom five thy father lies...

nope, i don't know what its from either - just popped into my head.

surly girl

Tue 04-10-2007

Nice shot! I used to have a video game called Mario64 and there was a board in that game that was a clock like this. It's the first thing that flashed into my mind when I saw this.

Long Island Irish

Wed 04-11-2007

Probably measures the depth of the water table so the station doesn't pump air, which could possibly be bad for it, as it would probably pump muck first..

Doctor DETH

Wed 04-11-2007

It's not very big, but I'm making this my new wallpaper anyway!

Judderman

Thu 04-12-2007

Thats really cool. I need it for my submarine I am building out back

DaveWilly

Thu 04-12-2007

I was thinking fathom was only a marine term... but of course, it's a water pump and I'm an idiot. I wish I found that hard to fathom.

Felyne

Thu 04-12-2007

I'm with Lynne...I love this one! I've always had some kind of fascination with clock faces and this reminds me of one.

sugar_magnolia

Fri 04-13-2007

So who was Fat Homas????? tee hee!!!!

Nevermore

Wed 04-25-2007

Looks like the feet gauge rotated counterclockwise, and the fathom gauge rotated clockwise. Just my observation.

Grifspop

Wed 04-25-2007

This is just a guess, but it could be that the feet dial actually does hit the center of the fathom dial every revolution. Since there are 6 feet in a fathom, every time the foot dial contacts the base of the fathom dial it could hit a gear thats just under the center of the dial. If the gear had ten teeth and the contact was just right, each passing of the foot dial would move the fathom dial one tenth. Kind of like a mechanical car odometer when you roll a zero digit it rolls the dial next to it one tenth. This would also explain the clockwise/counterclockwise rotation noted above.

xbob

Thu 04-26-2007

I would love this as a wallpaper!!

Dustin

Sun 05-13-2007

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Date Shot:	June 2006	Image ID#:	4761
Date Posted:	Sun, April 8th 2007	Camera:	Canon 5D

Location Name:	Ryhope Pumping Station
Current Status:	Preserved
Built:	1869	Closed:	1967
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Location Age:	143 years	Abandonment:	45 years

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