CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[emptysea]

Willow Road Dam, Winnetka, IL.
Dam was built as a Civilian Conservation Corps project to create the Skokie Lagoons out of marshland while putting men to work during the Great Depression. The digging of the lagoons was one of the largest (if not the largest) public works projects of the Depression.

 

[the Ferret]

Nice. So how ya liking the seat covering Sea?

 

[emptysea]

Like it a lot. cooler in the summer and it has good grip. Cheryl added the SitNFly to her Speedmaster and likes it, too. Pretty good $30 addition.

 

[Gone in 60]

Hey Empty, looks a little like the dam I drive across when I go to Joliet each year to work an event at Rt. 66 Raceway. Guys fish from it, looks very peaceful!

 

[emptysea]

There are a number of dams along the Des Plaines River which is most likely the river you cross getting to the track. I don't recall any of those dams having roads atop them, though. If you think of it, check Google Maps or something and let me know where you're crossing.

Most of the dams were built for flood control in the 1920's/30's, I think, but I'm no dam expert. They are in the (tediously slow) process of removing them in an effort to restore a more natural flow to the Des Plaines.

 

[suhawk305]

Great shot MTC.

Today I stopped by the Wallenpaupack Hydroelectric Project during my 112 mile ride in Northeast Pennsylvania.

 

[Cormanus]

Dam fine shots all.

 

[dsan1964_imp]

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[emptysea]

Nice pics. Where’s the dam dam?

 

[Cormanus]

Yeah ... wrong thread dsan1964, but I won't move it. This time.

 

[peterbaron]

Nice pics and bike d1964

 

[peterbaron]

Dam dam, lots of dams along the Niagara River on both sides, Canada and the US.
Most dams are active, some under renovations with monumental buildings.
Enjoy reading, pics and tour....

Niagara River - Wikipedia
Niagara on the Lake | Niagara Falls Tourism
Google Maps

 

[suhawk305]

Pretty Dam good pictures PB. As part of a Dam conference in Buffalo, I went on tours in the Sir Adam Beck, Robert Moses, and Lewiston Pump Generation Hydroelectric Projects. Amazing area.

 

[Gone in 60]

Hey Empty, I cross the Des Plaines on Brandon Rd. I guess it must just be a bridge, but it is adjacent to a dam. The bridge also shows as closed on the map. Maybe due to dam removal you’re talking about?

Not headed there this year, so won’t see it.

 

[Rocky_imp]

Cool pictures PB
I've been to those areas a few times over the years and they brought back some nice memories.

 

[SCCBrider_imp]

Sorry it's late...Here is one with mine and The A-man's CB.

 

[The A-man]

BTW, we weren't parking, we were just resting.

 

[Inhouse Bob]

Sorry it's late...Here is one with mine and The A-man's CB.

Nice shot. How you been, Kenny? Going to make the rally in a few weeks?

 

[Redbird_imp]

Here is the dam that creates Lake Estes at Estes Park, CO

 

[Inhouse Bob]

Here is the dam that creates Lake Estes at Estes Park, CO

Great photo. How's that Saddleman seat work for you? It's the first one I recall seeing.