Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 1) #shorts

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[Kiyoone]

Thumbnail: Name that infrastructure...
Me: Uhhh? Mario Exit?

[UpLateGeek]

Oh yeah, I got this one. They're concrete pipes. They do the usual pipe stuff.

[htfkid]

I grew up in Brownsville from 1995 to 2016 and I've always wondered my entire life what the heck those were. Thank you so much for this video

[AndreiKucharavy]

Thought those were air vents for canalisation - that's super interesting!

[JackABeyer]

So cool to be featured in a video from a channel I love watching! Thanks for the info and shout out Grady!

[galacticmechanic]

I guessed air release from water infrastructure, so I was about a third right

[tompaterson]

Irrigation system stand pipe. My great uncle was a water master in the Rio Grand Valley. Some of them had ladders that allowed gate controls to to be operated diverting water to laterals.

[geekbruin]

I just preordered! So happy for your success, Grady! Nerds unite!

[joshuasturre]

We have these too in north QLD, all over the tableland region. Super cool.

[gonnmz]

I LOVE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT. Please never stop ♥

[cgtower]

Hi there…I just preordered your book. I work as a client advocate with an Engineeing consulting company that exclusively works with water/wastewater/storm water issues. Your videos have been very helpful for me, the non engineer, to explain concerns we find to the non engineers that comprise most community leadership. Thanks for the great videos and I can’t wait to get the book.

[rogerbelanger]

I preordered your book last week. Good luck!!

[thomasmackey]

Live in Central Valley California so this one i nailed. I hope i see more like this Grady Love your channel.

[hubriswonk]

Brilliant! I've been to Starbase twice in the last 6 months and I could not figure out what these things were. I thought they were test wells of some kind.

[skunkjobb]

I can name it in Swedish: Svalltorn, in direct translation that is swell tower.

[aggie]

Yep, those are definitely "irrigation stand pipes" used to convey raw water (that originates from the Rio Grande River) to the agricultural fields of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). There are many jurisdictional irrigation districts in the RGV, with most having formed in the early 1900's, so much of this infrastructure is aging and becoming obsolete as the RGV continues to urbanize.

[dbackscott]

You’ll also see these throughout the lower elevation areas in Arizona.

[sighpocket]

Nice!!!!( can't wait for the book....!!!)

[dougpeterson]

Maybe some kind of surge stabilizer for storm drain.

[cappuccino_please]

This format looks weird when playing on my tv