(Later, at a New Year's Eve party, our friend Sharon told us her grandfather helped build the weir in 1916.)
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Sacramento, California
December 31, 2005
| With
rapidly rising Sacramento River levels due to recent rains, our department
decided to take the fairly rare action of opening 20 gates of the
Sacramento Weir this morning. The 1,920 foot long weir is
a manually-operated flood control structure that acts as a release valve to take
water from the River and send it into the Yolo Bypass forsafe
passage to the Delta. (Later, at a New Year's Eve party, our friend Sharon told us her grandfather helped build the weir in 1916.) |
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