<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">What I was talking about</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 19, 2015, at 10:03 AM, John Willis <<a href="mailto:johnw@mac.com" class="">johnw@mac.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">operated valve at the top of the levee to close it, </div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Most of the ones I find are on a little pier like thing. I guess the smaller ones were for dam water level adjustment on small dams. </div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""> large "pier" that sticks out into the dry riverbed,</div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3854267,139.3443196,52m/data=!3m1!1e3" class="">https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3854267,139.3443196,52m/data=!3m1!1e3</a></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@36.374736,139.369481,3a,75y,178.75h,85.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfkNRMnj47r5GbqipdNQMQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656" class="">https://www.google.com/maps/@36.374736,139.369481,3a,75y,178.75h,85.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfkNRMnj47r5GbqipdNQMQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@36.424005,139.351549,3a,16y,14.18h,89.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sp893AB1Dzl3lPjins-zw7Q!2e0!6s//geo1.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=p893AB1Dzl3lPjins-zw7Q&output=thumbnail&cb_client=maps_sv.tactile.gps&thumb=2&w=100&h=80&yaw=86.119034&pitch=0!7i13312!8i6656" class="">https://www.google.com/maps/@36.424005,139.351549,3a,16y,14.18h,89.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sp893AB1Dzl3lPjins-zw7Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dp893AB1Dzl3lPjins-zw7Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D100%26h%3D80%26yaw%3D86.119034%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656</a> </div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""> <br class=""><br class="">This is beyond the massive tsunami gates that span whole rivers in Japan - 15m tall gates that close to block a tsunami/typhoon surge at the bay outlet. <br class=""></div></blockquote><br class=""><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5853076,141.9463357,399m/data=!3m1!1e3" class="">https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5853076,141.9463357,399m/data=!3m1!1e3</a> <br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class="">Several of them were washed away to their foundations by the last tsunami. <br class=""></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div></div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.715219,141.522999,3a,16.1y,310.36h,88.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sq50Y6fM0V2SPuG56aqj7gA!2e0!3e5!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1" class="">https://www.google.com/maps/@38.715219,141.522999,3a,16.1y,310.36h,88.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sq50Y6fM0V2SPuG56aqj7gA!2e0!3e5!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Damaged one</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Javbw</div></body></html>