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To: aculeus
The more things change, the more they stay the same ...

From the late 18th century through much of the 19th Century, Chesapeake Bay was lined by Tidemills. A gate would be closed during the tidal period to trap water in the millpond which, when released, turned the wheel of the mill and ground corn ...

Many of these mills were burned or destroyed by the Yankees ...

4 posted on 10/22/2005 11:17:18 AM PDT by caryatid (Moi j'vois pas quoi faire si tu reviens pas, be'be'... T'en revenir avec moi dans la Louisiane.)
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To: caryatid; aculeus
" ...an IEGT system in the East River, between Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. The first phase, which consisted of a single axial flow rotor turbine, with ten foot diameter rotors, anchored in concrete attached to the river bed."

They don't fool me. They've discovered at last where Jimmy Hoffa is buried, and they're tapping into the energy as he spins in his grave.

34 posted on 10/22/2005 11:14:48 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (George asked me for the best poet... I looked and looked ... I couldn't find anyone better than me.)
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