Longest and tallest Rimstone Dam or Gours anybody has seen??

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Longest and tallest Rimstone Dam or Gours anybody has seen??

Postby basjr » Aug 18, 2009 7:08 am

I have seen a 75 foot continuous rimstone dam that is about 12 inches tall? In china there is a 200 foot continuous dam, but I think 75 is the largest in the united states.
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Re: Longest and tallest Rimstone Dam or Gours anybody has seen??

Postby Phil Winkler » Aug 18, 2009 8:08 am

Shelta Cave in Huntsville has a very large rimstone dam. About 6 ft high, but I forget how long.
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Re: Longest and tallest Rimstone Dam or Gours anybody has seen??

Postby batrotter » Aug 18, 2009 10:04 am

Look at the July 2009 issue of the NSS News.
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Re: Longest and tallest Rimstone Dam or Gours anybody has seen??

Postby Chads93GT » Aug 19, 2009 9:38 pm

The rimstone river cave here in perry co has a metric ton of rimstone dam's. i think the ones in the candle canyon are a bit taller than i am. Not sure how wide they are (read the rimstone book). i have yet to get into that passage.
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Re: Longest and tallest Rimstone Dam or Gours anybody has seen??

Postby Rodney Tennyson » Aug 8, 2010 7:53 pm

There is a 2 ft. tall dry rimstone dam in the River Room of Arkansas' Little Bear Cave that if measured would surely be 100+ ft. long. I'd never thought about it before, but it is the longest one I've ever seen.
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