The upper Housatonic River basin report area has an abundant supply of water of generally good quality, which is derived from precipitation on the area and streams entering the area. Annual precipitation has averaged about 46 inches over a 30-year period. Of this, approximately 22 inches of wa...
Effects of dam impoundments on the flood regime of natural floodplain communities in the Upper Connecticut River. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38:1533-1548.Nislow, K.H., Magilligan, F.J., Fassnacht, H., Bechtel, D., Ruesink, A., 2002. Effects of dam impoundment on...
Upper Canada and Its Food History Established in 1791, the province of Upper Canada stretched along the northern shores of the Great Lakes, comprising what is now the southern part of the province of Ontario (Fig.1). It was initially formed, in part, to accommodate United Empire Loyalists as...
National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Textile Printing Co. (Upper) Dam (MA00560), Connecticut River Basin, Palmer, Massachusetts. Phase I Inspection ReportDamsBasins(Geographic)Connecticut RiverRiversHazardsMassachusettsEmbankmentsInspection...
1 Inspection Report National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. J. A. Wells Upper Dam (MA 01268), Connecticut River Basin, Charlemont, Massachusetts. Phase 1 Inspection ReportNational Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. J. A. Wells Upper Dam (MA 01268), Connecticut River ...
(2002). Effects of dam impoundment on the flood regime of natural floodplain communities in the Upper Connecticut River. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 38 , 1533–1548.Nislow KH, Magilligan FJ, Fassnacht H, Bechtel D, Ruesink A (2002) Effects of dam impoundment on the ...
The upper Connecticut River Valley is essentially a forested region. Farming, particularly dairying, is important, but tilled land is largely restricted to the valleys and lower slopes, and on the average farm more than half the area supports some type of forest growth. Of these farm woodlands...
Further deglaciation caused lakes Israel and Whitefield to merge with glacial Lake Coos in the Connecticut River valley, which extended from Gilman (just upvalley from Lake Hitchcock) at least 27 km to Brunswick, VT. Early high-level fan/delta deposits of Lake Coos occur from Guildhall north ...
ConnecticutVisual inspectionSafetyDeficienciesThe dam is a concrete gravity structure with the spillway constructed in an L shape. The total length of the dam is approximately 590 feet including the earth dike. The top of the dam is approximately 33 feet above the bed of the Hockanum River. ...
Connecticut RiverHeightDikesMassachusettsThe dam is a run-of-the-river type structure consisting of a 17 ft. high concrete overflow spillway and a 13 ft. high rockfill dike. The total height of the structure is 23 ft. from the top of the dike to the streambed at the toe of the spill...