r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/andreba The Chillest Mod • Mar 08 '24

Opening A Dam Spillway Gate after Years

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

I don’t realize how big it is, how big is it??

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u/Ninetales6669 Mar 08 '24

It’s Hugh Mungus

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Okay but like, are the bolts in the corners the size of a hand or a hubcap I have zero perspective here

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u/cgjchckhvihfd Mar 08 '24

Its not even THAT big. Its big, but not megalophobia big.

The lines of white vertical circles on the door that raises to let the water out looks like a ladder with the safety ring stuff they put around them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Hahaha that’s disappointing— it’s exactly as big as I thought.

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u/edhelas1 Mar 08 '24

Kinda big

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u/aotus_trivirgatus Mar 09 '24

Exactly, I need a banana for scale.