Water Intake Towers at Chain of Rocks

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Water Intake Towers at Chain of Rocks

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I’ve always been interested in these two structures. This evening I was hoping to view them on Google Earth, and I noticed that the smaller of the two — the one closest to the MO shore to the south— only appears as a vague, sort of boat-shaped blob in the water. Has it been demolished or destroyed?
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It was still there on 28 April so unless they destroyed it within the last two weeks, it's still there.
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No, Google Maps/Earth pictures are often distorted.
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There’s a fascinating Post Dispatch article on this which I’m not entirely sure I should post here so I’m asking if anyone even wants to see? If so I can’t be blamed. You know since it shows the construction of the tunnel and all lol.
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Uh, yeah, post the link...... :D
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Eagle90 wrote:Uh, yeah, post the link...... :D
Links die. So does third party hosting like this pic you see below. But this is still cool.

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Weird that this got bumped. Took this a month or two ago and posted in the photo-a-day thread. So yeah, it's still there. :D

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Chris wrote:Weird that this got bumped. Took this a month or two ago and posted in the photo-a-day thread. So yeah, it's still there.
Great pic!
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