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"INSTRUCTIONS: Grasping firmly, insert Segment 49E into 49F ... "
December 1941. Shasta County, California. "Segments of penstock pipe which will be used to conduct water from the reservoir formed by Shasta Dam to the hydroelectric turbines." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
The guy looks like LBJ. And I bet he's gonna show us his scar!
Mr. Higginbotham placed himself in the precise location to hear the acoustics traveling through the pipe.
I distrust do-it-yourself books that start projects with "Remove roof and temporarily set aside."
I don't think anyone will be walking away with one of these things anytime soon but you never know ... better put ol' Higginbotham on the job.
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