Sorry, the "blown up" dam was much closer to Canada now I remember. The idea
is to reintroduce the Atlantic salmon to the rivers and many of the rivers
are having the dams removed in the Northeast, even after putting in
expensive "fish ladders" in some cases, which however didn't work. A former
Secretary of the Interior I remember, worked with a private group to even
pay the Greenlanders a six digit sum to not fish the younger salmon, thought
to migrate from there, back ten years ago or so to see if that would bring
the Atlantic salmon back to the rivers in the U.S. The ones in Canadian
Maritime rivers are a big source of income. bringing sport-fishing
enthusiasts into the Province(s?) I remember reading.

George Myers
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> 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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> From: "Cranmer, Leon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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