photos:minnesota:2001-06-08 falls:page2
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Ruins of the old gatehouse. It looks a lot smaller than it is in the picture. For scale, those little things laying around down there are regular bricks. The three dark openings in the upper middle are about 8 feet high.
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Most of it is caved in, but water used to return to the river through those trenches.
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I think that opening is just waiting for someone to explore... :)
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Two easily removed fence segments. :)
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The lock.
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This one is a lot bigger than the dam no1 down stream.
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The St. Anthony falls. The drop off is about 80 feet I think.
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The white building on the left is part of the hydro power plant.
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Pillsbury's Best Flour.
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So much for my sunset. By now thick clouds from the west rolled in just in time to block it out. D'oh!
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Downstream...
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The power plant is hidden in there. The output water comes out of the inlet on the right.
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There are wires run across the inlet with those weird white things hanging down into the water. I don't know what they are for.
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That's where the water comes out.
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There are stairs leading down to the bank and then some paved walkways and bridges down there.
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Some guys are fishing at the bottom of the stairway.
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Oops! I forgot to upload the pictures from last time and I now only have space for one more shot. It's getting dark anyway.