Very interesting. Thanks for the explantion. Some time after we bought
out house in Rhodesia in 1979, a hole appeared in the backyard. It
turned out to be an old well. The cover, made of corrugated iron with
about a foot of soil on top, had simply rusted away & collapsed. The
well with rusty corrugated iron sidewalls still had water at about 20ft.
We replaced the iron with a concrete slab & covered it over. Your safety
regulations make perfect sense.
Alan C
On 09-Nov-18 03:13 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
That answer requires a bit of explanation. Yes, but not the way you'd
think.
The "old well" exterior covers an artesian well that's at least 200
and might be 400 feet deep. A few years ago these well heads would
have been in a pit in the ground, with a protective cover plate maybe
covered in grass. The authorities decided this wasn't good enough so
all these well heads have to be at least two feed above ground.
They're kind of unsightly, and most people disguise them with
plantings, this is the only one I know of that's disguised as a well.
Needless to say new surface wells are illegal here, old surface wells
are grandfathered in.
On 11/9/2018 1:46 AM, Alan C wrote:
A very pleasant scene. Is the well operational?
Alan C
On 07-Nov-18 12:07 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
https://pdml.updog.co/webster26/PESO%20--%20Well%20Cover2.html
Equipment: Pentax K5II w/Sigma DC 17-70mm f2.8~4.5
As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
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