This was taken during the 2016-17 winter which was one of the rainiest on record for Northern CA. The river was high, but fortunately, the rain and snowmelt was spread out enough that it never flooded.

[blues_hawk]

Clouds and water make this one happen for me. Keeping those towers in sync must be a trick.

[Photogoof]

Well done!

[ToddK]

Clouds and water make this one happen for me. Keeping those towers in sync must be a trick.

Well done!

Thanks to both of you for your comments!

[reh321]

Keeping those towers in sync must be a trick.

Synchronizing the two end of a "lift bridge" is something they figured out about a century ago - civil engineers must teach that but since I'm not one, it looks like 'magic' to me also.

Lift Bridge - PentaxForums.com

[blues_hawk]

Synchronizing the two end of a "lift bridge" is something they figured out about a century ago - civil engineers must teach that but since I'm not one, it looks like 'magic' to me also.

Lift Bridge - PentaxForums.com

oops...I outed myself a bit with that one. I was being facetious. I'm an industrial electronics tech by day and while I try to avoid application engineering I end up getting involved once in a while, usually to fix something some dork installed incorrectly or undersized or a complete mess. Even as I wrote that my work brain was connecting a drive+follower master slave pair with encoder feedback positioning and connecting it to a networked plc with safety I/o leading to an hmi in the control room. In other words magic.
The stuff has gotten way too complicated in the last decade or so and I get excited when I get what was once a run of the mill(pun) dc drive to work on.

100 years ago there were no semiconductors to vary the current so they would have had to play all sorts of games with motor/generator multitap transformer arrangements and gears and cables and stuff. I did a service call on one of those ancient monster once.
I have this gene that makes me "need" to fix problems. You'll see me hangning around the help needed threads from time to time.
For the mechanics, Venetian blinds come to mind.

[Kozlok]

That yellow is a bit shocking! I like your composition though.

[reh321]

oops...I outed myself a bit with that one. I was being facetious. I'm an industrial electronics tech by day and while I try to avoid application engineering I end up getting involved once in a while, usually to fix something some dork installed incorrectly or undersized or a complete mess. Even as I wrote that my work brain was connecting a drive+follower master slave pair with encoder feedback positioning and connecting it to a networked plc with safety I/o leading to an hmi in the control room. In other words magic.
The stuff has gotten way too complicated in the last decade or so and I get excited when I get what was once a run of the mill(pun) dc drive to work on.

100 years ago there were no semiconductors to vary the current so they would have had to play all sorts of games with motor/generator multitap transformer arrangements and gears and cables and stuff. I did a service call on one of those ancient monster once.
I have this gene that makes me "need" to fix problems. You'll see me hangning around the help needed threads from time to time.
For the mechanics, Venetian blinds come to mind.

I sometimes get klutzy operating Venetian blinds .... and the engineers can bring the cords together there. As a retired software engineer I do sometimes stand in awe at what mechanical engineers were able to work out a generation ago.

[ToddK]

That yellow is a bit shocking! I like your composition though.

You should have heard all of the negative comments in Sacramento when they decided to paint it that color

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For the mechanics, Venetian blinds come to mind.

Of course, just like Venetian blinds, bridges like this have their share of problems. There is a very similar bridge in Rio Vista, CA in the Sacramento Delta stuck in the up position for the past several days...

[blues_hawk]

You should have heard all of the negative comments in Sacramento when they decided to paint it that color

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Of course, just like Venetian blinds, bridges like this have their share of problems. There is a very similar bridge in Rio Vista, CA in the Sacramento Delta stuck in the up position for the past several days...

Oh wow! I bet that's a problem. I think it's a bit far for a service call. :P

[ToddK]

I think it's a bit far for a service call. :P

No worries...Caltrans is on it

[GeoJerry]

Nice urban shot, well done. I like this part of Sacramento too... used to stop by here on the way to and from Tahoe back in the day.

[ToddK]

Nice urban shot, well done. I like this part of Sacramento too... used to stop by here on the way to and from Tahoe back in the day.

Thanks GeoJerry! There are a lot of nice views of the City from this side of the river.

[Videopilot]

This was taken during the 2016-17 winter which was one of the rainiest on record for Northern CA. The river was high, but fortunately, the rain and snowmelt was spread out enough that it never flooded.

Very nice!

[ToddK]

Very nice!

Thank you!