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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
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(We can't be certain if this is a scale model of an irrigation canal or an actual distribution nodal point, an art installation or a gardener's plaything, Mesopotamian or Army Corps of Engineers. But it's absolutely marvelous. Photographer and source unknown.
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Anonymous
said...
( October 15, 2009 4:13:00 PM CDT )
Great photo! Good old wikipedia seems to think it is a water "metering" weir that is part of a foggara irrigation system in Algeria:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foggara_02.jpg
Alexander Trevi
said...
( October 15, 2009 5:58:00 PM CDT )
Anonymous, thanks for the research!
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