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Dave Peterson

January 08, 2015 07:54PM

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This is called a siphon and was used to obtain water out of streams or ponds next to the ROW. It was common on backwoods shays.

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Shay component identification	Charles Hansen	January 08, 2015 05:37PM
Re: Shay component identification	bcp	January 08, 2015 06:15PM
Re: Shay component identification	Charles Hansen	January 08, 2015 07:04PM
Re: Shay component identification	Dave Peterson	January 08, 2015 07:54PM
Re: Shay component identification	Earl	January 09, 2015 05:40AM
Re: Shay component identification	Charles Hansen	January 09, 2015 10:13AM
Re: Shay component identification	Earl	January 09, 2015 04:38PM
Re: Shay component identification	nickgully	January 09, 2015 11:02AM
Re: Shay component identification	davegrandt	January 09, 2015 09:04PM
Re: Shay component identification	Charles Hansen	January 09, 2015 12:39PM
Re: Shay component identification	Mallory Hope Ferrell	January 09, 2015 01:18PM
Re: Shay component identification	Dave Peterson	January 09, 2015 11:27PM
Re: Shay component identification	Chris Walker	January 10, 2015 12:57AM
Re: Shay component identification	Jim Grigsby	January 10, 2015 06:40PM
Re: Shay component identification	Charles Hansen	January 10, 2015 09:34PM

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