Brooks Southern Alberta River in the Sky Abandoned Aqueduct System

At Brooks, Southern Alberta, my KZbin friend, Shaun stumbles across an abandoned aqueduct system. The whole lengthy concrete system had to be abandoned 1979 because of high summer temperatures followed by very low winter temperatures, that cracked the concrete. The temperature was already 30C when Shaun stopped by.

[@mikedrown2721]

I didn't know about this aqueduct until now. Thanks Tom and Shaun.

[@TomMcClean]

The concrete just couldn't cope Mike. I wonder how they manage in other hot/cold countries?

[@mikedrown2721]

@@TomMcClean Maybe they use rebar in the concrete for extra strength, I'm not sure Tom.

[@TomMcClean]

Oh I see. Someone wasn't thinking at that aqueduct!

[@chriswardlow9441]

Fascinating Shaun, i wonder if it's been one of the subjects on the tv show Abandoned Engineering? Such a shame it didn't work out there must be some sort of solution that would work today things have moved on since 1979,there's a lot of dead money just stood there.

[@TomMcClean]

Thanks Chris. So much money wasted. What do they do in other hot and colder countries?

[@shaunmckenna1923]

Hello Tom , yes it is a shame there is not another use for it .

[@TomMcClean]

Such a waste. Someone in the design department wasn't thinking ahead.