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Sinop as seen from the Hill	Our fresh water supply	Leaving Det. 4

An Email from Jay Foote discussing the fresh water supply pictured above -

Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 18:12:28 -0400
To: bsimons@pics.com
From: Jay Foote jay@gamewood.net

Bill,
........ Certainly don't mind my Email address being included if OK. You never know, as I have experienced, it's a small World anymore. One could not imagine 38 yrs ago when we took these photos that they could be passed around in the ether so easily in this manner and be of interest to a number of our fellow friends. Witness, I ran across you in this medium by chance.

You assumed correctly, that was a fresh water hole, or a well as you depicted it.
There was no fence around it for protection-out in the open space as seen. No doubt you drank that water and used it to wash in. Indeed, I expect you shared it with the local animals and birds when they wanted water or to bathe in, unbeknowing to you at the time. Now you can understand why Bill Anglin dragged me out to see that classy water hole so that I could report back to HQ at the Hall what a fine and smooth water operation he was in charge of !! ??

Come to think about it, it must have taken one heck of a lot of tank truck trips to service the station. I seriously doubt that sea water was used for fire and flushing as well as showers. I must say, you would know if you washed and showered in salt water! I'm sure I didn't wash in salt water my first trip there.

When I was there the second time, as I was told by the CO, that the town of Sinop was supplied from the post water system since the supply pipes came through town, and that it was a good gesture for relations. I don't know whether it came from deep wells or evaporators. Are you sure they converted salt to fresh, i.e. evaporators, wow, that's some operation.
I'm sure that plant was not on the Hill if they did use that process.

Have to cut off now, take care,

Jay Foote jay@gamewood.net

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