re: Pictures from days gone by....

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Can someone splain the catfish farm, propeller thingy behind the tractor or what they are trying to do with it?

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Aeration. Those pics were the first types used back when the industry started booming in the 70s-80s. Before manufacturers came along to build better aeration, most of it was homemade with truck rear ends and paddles welded up the wheels on a frame with a shaft that connects to tractor PTO or modified relift irrigation pumps to spray water around. As seen some relift pumps were modified to have an electric motor mounted on the front. Or sometimes a lister petter diesel engine.

Later the sidewinder (in the last pic) was developed using a cotton picker bullgear. Then electric aeration using a 10hp motor and paddle rotor mounted on floats. All types are still used today but much bigger and more reliable

Modern types

UK Coal Miners 1900

Young UK Coal Miners 1900

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Waiting for the TV to warm up.

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Remember it well, along with the channels shutting down at midnight and only having a test pattern with a constant drone for sound after they played the National Anthem.

Yeah, all 4 channels here in N.O. at the time---CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS. And if I remember right, they were channel 4, 6, 8 and 12 in the above order.


Edited: The above station were the National Affiliates and the local channels were WWL, WDSU, WVUE and WYES respectively.

WDSU was the first to air locally in December of 1948.

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UK Coal Miners 1900

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Coal Miner's Daughter:

Two weeks after Hurricane Camille really messed up the Land Mass’ coast.