Richard RatheLast day of #RAGBRAI #bicycle trip across #Iowa.
Just before the two largest hills on the entire route!
Climbing out of the #TurkeyRiver valley and then a quick drop to the #MississippiRiver at #Guttenberg.
Richard RatheThe Motor Mill
The Town of Motor with a large gristmill took shape in the 1870s along the Turkey River in Clayton County Iowa. Nothing remains of the town itself, but the mill and associated buildings survive.
https://richard.rathe.org/2024/motor-mill
#MotorMill #History #Technology #TurkeyRiver #ClaytonCounty #Iowa #HDR #HDRphotography
Zeitgeisty AphorismsA bit of #Iowa leads away from #TurkeyRiver but a lot brings it closer.
The Motor Mill on the #TurkeyRiver in Clayton Co #Iowa
Color photos are of the vertical turbines that used to power the grist mill and grain transport systems.
#IR #InfraredPhotography #NaturePhotography #History #Technology
"The city is named after a #Muslim Algerian leader, the Emir Abdelkader. When the community was platted in 1846, the founders, Timothy Davis, John Thompson and Chester Sage decided to name it for the young Algerian who was leading his people in resisting the #French conquest of #Algeria."
Cliff Swallows taken from the #MotorMill bridge over the #TurkeyRiver #Iowa (and their nesting colony nearby)...
