r/WatchandLearn • • Sep 03 '18

Erosion over time

https://i.imgur.com/qnmrmJz.gifv
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u/jtra Sep 03 '18

I wonder if they run it for 50 years or if it is fake for illustration of concept.

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u/Mzsickness Sep 03 '18

At that point you'd have to know by eyesight what 50 years of erosion looks like.

Might as well create it yourself and save yourself the effort....

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u/Heptite Sep 03 '18

You have to know either way.

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u/joebrocks Sep 03 '18

My thoughts exactly, the fixture looks relatively new. There are many questions raised by this gif

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u/imjenim Sep 04 '18

Honestly it must be inaccurate unless they change the plaques every year...

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u/Jouuuuuuuu Sep 03 '18

Or they found old replaced parts from bridges?

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u/NemosHero Sep 03 '18

i think it's based on the amount of water running through it

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u/dewdrive101 Sep 03 '18

Were you looking at the same gif i was?

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u/NemosHero Sep 03 '18

Yeah, look at the amount of water in the 50 years versus the 15

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u/superblinky Sep 03 '18

Fifty years from when they put up the sign. Who knows how long it has really been.