http://www.richardhowe.com/2012/04/03/14772/ Lowell Politics and Lowell History Fri, 24 May 2013 01:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.richardhowe.com/2012/04/03/14772/comment-page-1/#comment-13519 Bob Gagnon Tue, 01 May 2012 22:43:25 +0000 http://www.richardhowe.com/?p=14772#comment-13519 I never thought much about the flashboards growing up. I always wondered why they didn't just build up the granite instead of replacing the flashboards every spring. When the flashboards didn't bend to release the water during the floods of 06 and 07, as they were originally designed to, I thought they were pretty ugly too. When the newer, weaker flashboards bent over and released the water during the floods of 2010. and we didn't flood like the rest of the state during the rainiest month on record, those bent flashboards were a beautiful sight. The action of the flashboards bending and releasing the basin of water, early in the spring to prevent flooding, that's the beauty. I never thought much about the flashboards growing up. I always wondered why they didn’t just build up the granite instead of replacing the flashboards every spring. When the flashboards didn’t bend to release the water during the floods of 06 and 07, as they were originally designed to, I thought they were pretty ugly too. When the newer, weaker flashboards bent over and released the water during the floods of 2010. and we didn’t flood like the rest of the state during the rainiest month on record, those bent flashboards were a beautiful sight. The action of the flashboards bending and releasing the basin of water, early in the spring to prevent flooding, that’s the beauty.

]]> http://www.richardhowe.com/2012/04/03/14772/comment-page-1/#comment-13300 Gretchen Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:24:09 +0000 http://www.richardhowe.com/?p=14772#comment-13300 with the board system there are falls, with the bladder and stone there isn't. with the board system there are falls, with the bladder and stone there isn’t.

]]> http://www.richardhowe.com/2012/04/03/14772/comment-page-1/#comment-13245 kad barma Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:25:11 +0000 http://www.richardhowe.com/?p=14772#comment-13245 No question that the pin and board system looks broken down by comparison. I've always been uncomfortable with the aesthetics argument--it just doesn't hold water. No question that the pin and board system looks broken down by comparison. I’ve always been uncomfortable with the aesthetics argument–it just doesn’t hold water.

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