Here is a your Tuesday tidbit. This flume at the upper end of Willow Creek Valley was part of diversion of Willow Creek for the Murrer Ranch to convey the water into an irrigation ditch on the south side of the ranch, which then provides gravitational water flow for the fields.
Tim
I may use a different photograph of the flume for the 2024 calendar. Time will tell.
I am a friend of Derrick Murrer and have family out in Merrillville- this feature, or one identical to it, is still standing. I had no idea that is what it was used for, but it makes sense.