March 27, 2009

Ponds Drained for the Winter

At Chalybeate Spring, Orkney Springs, VA


rock pond
spring with gutterWe haven't passed the last-frost date yet, so these stone-lined ponds at Shrinemont lie dry. Apparently they were drained this winter so that ice wouldn't expand and break apart the masonry.

Left: Chalybeate Spring usually pours straight into a little pond but is now redirected through gutters into a creek.

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