DrMcMeow t1_ixrun4j wrote on November 25, 2022 at 8:59 PM

usgs gaging station 01059000.

it's a cableway to access the river for discharge measurements.

DrMcMeow t1_ixs090w wrote on November 25, 2022 at 9:40 PM

video of a similar one over the carrabassett, showing and explaining it's use in more detail.

also explains the use of the gagehouse seen in the very left of pic.

Neat.

The part where he took that bad-boy for a ride should be used for recruitment !

if you thing those buggies are neat, check out these gas powered bad boys.

Thank you!!!! I drive by this all the time and had no idea what it was. What is discharge measurement though?

it's used to find the quantity of moving water.