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cdhknives
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 Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: What are these berms? |
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I'm talking about the oval and two mostly complete triangles shown. They are on the island S of the Barney Davis power plant, West of Pita Island. I walked them one day and it almost looks like fill brought in, too coarse for native fill material. They are several feet high...maybe 6-8 IIRC. At one point I thought they were targets for naval bombing practice as Google Earth lets you see old aerial photos and they were these in the 50's. I also wonder if they were hurricane protection for drilling platforms, but they are not continuous and would therefore both drain well and let water pour in on a storm tide.
I dunno...what say you???
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cdhknives
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Same island, in 1956...
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SaltyMutt
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Hmmmm I'm thinking the one on the left is martinsville and the one on the right is taladega. 
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Kingz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| SaltyMutt wrote: | | ...one on the left is martinsville and the one on the right is taladega. |
Martinsville is an oval, as is Talledega, Pocono maybe, thats a tri-oval...but serious, I heard they were abandoned horse tracks, King Ranch I assume...G |
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Johninaustin
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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My guess is something left over from WWII navy training. There are similar shapes on St Joseph's. .
I doubt they are horse tracks, why raise one 6-8 feet? |
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Bluffer
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| Kingz wrote: | | SaltyMutt wrote: | | ...one on the left is martinsville and the one on the right is taladega. |
Martinsville is an oval, as is Talledega, Pocono maybe, thats a tri-oval...but serious, I heard they were abandoned horse tracks, King Ranch I assume...G |
Gotta love Nascar freaks...Richmond tonight, last race before the chase starts. Can Kyle get in?
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ironmanstan
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My wife is going home for a couple of weeks next week. She lives right on the N.C. VA. stateline you can hear the Martinsville speedway from her parents house. She is from Eden, N.C. . everyone has mag wheels and headers on their vehicles, up there.
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Kingz
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| Bluffer wrote: | | ....Can Kyle get in? |
I hope not...G |
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cdhknives
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Do we need to set up a Corpusfishing.com mud race track? 
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