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CO - Dolores River

Folder: Colorado
Plus some pix of its tributary the San Miguel between Naturita, CO, and the confluence. The Dolores rises in southwestern Colorado and flows generally northwesterly, joining the Colorado River in Utah upstream from Moab. It flows thru lots of red standstone country and spectacular canyons. The name is considerably shortened from the original Spanish: El Río de Nuestra Señora de Dolores, River o…  (read more)
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The Hanging Flume, rebuilt

The Hanging Flume, rebuilt

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Colorado, USA. Showing the little section rebuilt in 2012 in context. The river in the foreground is the San Miguel. For detailed description and background see adjacent photo or the album.
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The Hanging Flume

The Hanging Flume

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Colorado, USA. Detail of some of the surviving timber supports. I assume that some poor soul dug the mounting holes into the sandstone by hand, with a single-jack and star bit, while hanging from a bosun's chair or something similar! Colorado, USA. For detailed description and background on the flume see adjacent photo or the album.
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