Was the Edwards Dam the one the US Air Force blew up? I know they did
perhaps, talking in a grandmananisland Yahoo group it was from further
Downeast.

By the way the reason for excavating in the down stream side of the earthen
"Coopers Dam" was that a water powered chair factory was there. Today, at
least somewhat after that, there are still traditional furniture makers
there and I had an old friend's rocker "rethatched" with that woven pattern,
I think of flax. There was a large cache of "patent medicine" bottles there
too, though the structural remains were gone and I don't think anyone actual
cross-section the earthen dam, as Edward Rutsch reported for a dam he found
in a survey out in the woods in Mexico, NY its other impounding features
gone, perhaps in a "freshet" or flood. Or the course of its supply was
rerouted, maybe by the mammal on the NY State flag, the beaver.

George Myers
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Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: Dam Removals and Archaeology


> Jason,
>
> In 1999 the Edwards dam across the Kennebec River at Augusta, Maine, was
> removed, dropping the water level 18' and effecting approximately 14 miles
> of shoreline.  We conducted an initial survey prior to the dam removal,
and
> several intensive surveys after removal.  We identified 47 prehistoric
sites
> within the impoundment area, 11 of which were newly identified.  We also
> found 7 new historic sites, mostly mill related.  Monitoring of these
sites
> still continues.  A report was prepared on the survey results and a second
> report was written on the remains of three late 18th early 19th c. mill
dams
> that were revealed after the dam removal.  No work was done on the Edwards
> dam site itself other than recordation.
>
> If any of this is of interest to you please let me know off line.
>
> Lee Cranmer
> Maine Historic Preservation Commission
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JMB [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Dam Removals and Archaeology
>
>
> Anybody have any references to dam removal projects
> and the archaeology that was done prior to their
> removal?
>
> I have information from the Neuse River in North
> Carolina and the bib for the report entitled:
>
> Phase III archaeological data recovery, Watchman's
> House and Midden Site, Cuddebackville Dam Removal,
> Delaware and Hudson Canal County park, town of
> Deerpark, Orange County, New York: 2003
>
> Anything easily accessible to anybody?
>
> Jason Burns
> Georgia Department of Natural Resources
>
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