This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DAL59 on 2023-06-27 22:01:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1951, a Californian engineer designed a unique system to transport water to the southern deserts, using 400 artificial geysers that would throw water in an arc at 400 miles per hour through the air to be caught by a funnel at the next geyser.