The plan is to carefully dismantle the timber dam over summer 2015, a project that will cost around $40,000. The demolition will largely be funded by the Department of Fish and Game through Clean ...

The original timber dam dates from 1884 and was put into operation in 1886. Corps engineers reused machinery and supplies from the construction of the Winnibigoshish and Leech Lake dams, according ...

Schools and businesses were closed for a second day as a weakened timber dam threatened to give way in Taunton, Mass. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another ...

Contractors are helping the owner of the Loblolly Timber Dam pump water. The dam, just north of the city of Chester, was cited in a DHEC “emergency order” as needing repairs last month.

The original timber dam was severely damaged by the deadly 1913 flood. It was rebuilt with concrete/stone aggregate. According to some accounts, structure was added to the top to impound more water.

It replaced a timber dam that was built to power a paper mill before the Civil War and which succeeded earlier dams, said George Howard, CEO of of Restoration Systems, the Raleigh company that is ...

There has been a dam here since the late 1700s, Howard said. The dam now being removed was built around 1900 and replaced a timber dam erected to power a paper mill before the Civil War.