Man Versus Creek


Man Versus Creek
Men working	Upstream View 1	Upstream View 2
Upstream View 3	View from Upstream 1	View from Upstream 2 - Across
View from Upstream 3	Whole bridge view from North	Whole bridge view from South
Flood views	View Downstream 1	View Downstream 2
View Downstream 3	View from South Side 1	View from South Side 2
Dirt Views
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The goal is to shift the creek sizeways and defuse its power at the point where it passes under the bridge. This strategy is based upon a couple of years' study of the creek's behavior, illustrated below. The bridge has already been built twice. This is sufficient.



1. Men working Men working
112 _07Oct27-nm_1249	113 _07Oct27-nm_1250a	113 _07Oct27-nm_1346
114 _07Oct27-nm_1734	116 _07Oct27-nm_1747	117 _07Oct27-nm_1748
118 _07Oct27-nm_1759	112 _07Nov23-1750aMovingACreek1	110 _07Dec01MovingCreek
178 _08Oct25-nm_1113	173 _08Nov02-nm_1307 Dino works on it for a day.	176 _08Nov23-nm_1536a
3 _08Nov29-nm_1724


2. Upstream View 1 Upstream View 1, observed over time.
110 _07Dec16-creek_1248a	111 _07Dec22-nm_1236	112 _07Dec30-nm_1303a
155 _08Jan19-nm_1238a	157 _08Jan19-nm_1238c	132 _08Feb10-nm_1323
146 _08Feb16-nm_1224	151 _08Feb16-nm_1224i	150 _08Feb16-nm_1224f
171 _08Mar22-nm_1622	172 _08Mar30-nm_1212a	120 _08Apr12-nm_1744
176 _08Nov23-nm_1242	2 _08Nov29-nm_1352	3 _08Nov29-nm_1353


3. Upstream View 2 Upstream View 2
158 _08Jan19-nm_1238d	134 _08Feb10-nm_1323b	144 _08Feb10-nm_1337
145 _08Feb10-nm_1337a	169 _08Mar09-nm_1245	128 _08Feb02-nm_1303


4. Upstream View 3 Upstream View 3
167 _08Mar09-nm_1239b	123 _08Apr19-nm_1546	3 _08Nov29-nm_1400


5. View from Upstream 1 View from Upstream 1
158 _08Jan19-nm_1321	158 _08Jan19-nm_1321a	126 _08Feb02-nm_1256
126 _08Feb02-nm_1256a	138 _08Feb10-nm_1330	136 _08Feb10-nm_1325
136 _08Feb10-nm_1326	160 _08Mar09-nm_1236	160 _08Mar09-nm_1236a
160 _08Mar09-nm_1236b	162 _08Mar09-nm_1237	164 _08Mar09-nm_1237c
3 _08Nov29-nm_1355	3 _08Nov29-nm_1356


6. View from Upstream 2 - Across View from Upstream 2 - Across
138 _08Feb10-nm_1330a	140 _08Feb10-nm_1331	142 _08Feb10-nm_1332
180 _08Oct25-nm_1321	162 _08Mar09-nm_1237a	163 _08Mar09-nm_1237b


7. View from Upstream 3 View from Upstream 3
179 _08Oct25-nm_1320	174 _08Nov02-nm_1552	175 _08Nov02-nm_1552a
175 _08Nov02-nm_1646	3 _08Nov29-nm_1358	3 _08Nov29-nm_1727
3 _08Nov29-nm_1727a	161 _08Mar09-nm_1236c


8. Whole bridge view from North Whole bridge view from North
5 _06Dec16-creek_1644	6 _06Dec16-creek_1644a


9. Whole bridge view from South Whole bridge view from South
7 _25Nov06_P1000561	7 _25Nov06_P1000562	6 _06Dec16-creek_1649
6 _06Dec16-creek_1647	6 _06Nov25-creek_2131a	6 _06Nov25-creek_2133
172 _08Mar22-nm_1624	127 _08Feb02-nm_1259	3 _08Nov29-nm_1357


10. Flood views Flood views
7 _09Feb02-creek_1300	7 _09Feb02-creek_1700	7 _09Feb03-creek_0000
127 _08Feb02-nm_1257	127 _08Feb02-nm_1257b	123 _08Feb02-creek_1300
123 _08Feb02-nm_1254	124 _08Feb02-nm_1255	125 _08Feb02-nm_1255a
125 _08Feb02-nm_1255b	146 _08Feb11-creek_1600	7 _08Feb22-creek_1400
7 _08Feb24-creek_0700	7 _08Feb24-creek_1500	7 _08Feb24-creek_1800
7 _08Feb25-creek_0800	7 _08Feb25-creek_1300	7 _08Mar02-creek_1200


11. View Downstream 1 View Downstream 1
158 _08Jan19-nm_1240	158 _08Jan19-nm_1240a	127 _08Feb02-nm_1302
130 _08Feb02-nm_1309	131 _08Feb02-nm_1327	166 _08Mar09-nm_1239a
171 _08Mar09-nm_1247	121 _08Apr12-nm_1745


12. View Downstream 2 View Downstream 2
152 _08Feb16-nm_1226	152 _08Feb16-nm_1226a


13. View Downstream 3 View Downstream 3


14. View from South Side 1 View from South Side 1
8 _28Oct06_P1000532	6 _06Dec16-creek_1646	6 _06Dec16-creek_1646a
130 _08Feb02-nm_1304a	127 _08Feb02-nm_1257a	129 _08Feb02-nm_1304
136 _08Feb10-nm_1328a	153 _08Feb16-nm_1227a	165 _08Mar09-nm_1238
165 _08Mar09-nm_1239	172 _08Mar22-nm_1625


15. View from South Side 2 View from South Side 2
116 _07Oct27-nm_1741	168 _08Mar09-nm_1240	136 _08Feb10-nm_1328
136 _08Feb10-nm_1328b	152 _08Feb16-nm_1226b	172 _08Mar22-nm_1626
172 _08Mar22-nm_1630


16. Dirt Views Creekbed peculiar soil and prodigious earth moving.
112 _07Oct27-nm_1248	112 _07Oct27-nm_1248a	180 _08Sep27-nm_1340
181 _08Sep27-nm_1340a	182 _08Sep27-nm_1340b	177 _08Nov23-nm_1537