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Archive for March 21, 2007
Day 80 - a Year by the Sea
March 21, 2007 by OrientSee.
The rushing tide. This gives you a good idea how fast the tide fills the marsh. It was about 20 minutes before official high tide and the water was moving very quickly. This was no idle freshet but a force to push you off balance if you were wading out in this ditch. Close by on Chelsea Creek there is a building, Slade’s Mill and a dam which harnessed this same tidal force for spice grinding. The building is still there and so is the dam. The dam gates were open until high tide and then closed. After enough height grew between the departing tide and the reservoir backed up behind the dam, then the water was released through sluiceway gates to drive the mill. Powerful stuff and very ecofriendly.
Ciao!
-Jorge
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