Thursday, July 19, 2012

Day 4

We measured Site 2 on the Greenbrier. The site was by the Cass Scenic Railroad Station
.The elevation was 2450feet.
The absolute location is
N38*23.9279 W79*54.7151

Dissolved oxegyn-5.3 mg/l
temperature-26.1 c
total dissolved solids- 81us/cm
ph- 6.38
turbidity-11.2 NTU
The overall Quality was 49.97 which falls into the fair water quality (26-50)

This is the first time that I have come up with a fair water quality. The reason this was fair rather than the next level up, medium, is that the dissolved oxegyn was so low.

We then Road Shay # 11 from Cass ( elevation 2443 feet) to Bald Knob (elevation 4842).  The Shay train is a geared locomtive that gives up speed to gain power to be able to climb to high elevation where the trees were.The Shay we rode was Shay #11 which was built in 1923 for Hutchison Lumber Company.  It was a beutiful trip in which you could see the trees change as we gained altitude.

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