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47-079-00775
This
older well is on North Poca River Road.
This
well was in a nicely vegetated and wooded area with a carefully
constructed road. The metal was painted the usual company
colors. There was a beautiful huge old white oak close to
the road that made our visit to this well memorable.
The
road, even though it was carefully constructed, was deeply
rutted close to River road. Up higher and in the woods the
road was better drained and had no problems. At one time there
was a steel cable gate for this well but it's not being used.
The
company's placard at the wellhead was faded so that only the
last few digits of the API number was visible. The missing
parts could be easily drawn in with a metal marking pen.
There
was a hole in the ground at the wellhead which we believe
should be filled with soil or stone. When we visited the remains
of two deer littered the site, creating a macabre element.
As
with other sites operated by this company this was a clean
site except for tires dumped by the entrance off River Road.
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The
well access road, where it is out in the open, is deeply
rutted. |
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The
site itself is pleasant. The wellhead is in the background. |
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The
wellhead is extremely simple and painted the company colors.
The company's placard is attached at only one corner. |
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Part
of the remains of one deer. We visited the site at the
end of November, right in the middle of hunting season. |
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The
well access road is well designed with good drainage once
it's in the woods. |
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The
large white oak is about 25 feet from the road. If this
were a modern well with a daylighted road this tree probably
would have been cut. |
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Closer
to the tree. It had so much character as it rose from
its gnarled rootmass that we weren't able to even attempt
to photograph it properly. |
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