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On February 23, 2004, the 770 ft (230 m) long, 1910 hydroelectric Embrey Dam was demolished, using 600 lb (270 kg) of explosives, by divers from an engineering detachment at Fort Eustis. [2] The aim of removal was to re-open miles of spawning grounds to aid populations of American Shad , herring, catadromous American eel, and other species. [ 3 ]
There are several ways dams can be removed and the chosen method will depend on many factors. The size and type of the dam, the amount of sediment behind the dam, the aquatic environment below the dam, who owns the dam and what their priorities are, and the timeframe of dam removal are all factors that affect how the dam will be removed. [9]
Rindge Dam near Malibu, California, built in 1924, completely silted and abandoned by the 1950s. The 100 ft (30 m) privately owned Rindge Dam on Malibu Creek in the Santa Monica Mountains of California was built in 1924 and has been allowed to completely fill with sediment, making it functionally obsolete but still a potential hazard.
The dam was built in the late 1800s with waterwheels or turbines to power mills. A corner foundation wall of one of the mills remains on the east side of the dam.
The removal of the four hydroelectric dams — Iron Gate Dam, Copco Dams 1 and 2, and JC Boyle Dam — allows the region’s iconic salmon population to swim freely along the Klamath River and its ...
The dam removal project sought to revitalize salmon and steelhead fish populations in the area by returning “free-flowing condition[s]” to the Klamath River, a change local native tribes had ...
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Thompson was 7 when she saw the dead fish floating in the river, and that memory has stayed with her. She saw it as evidence that dam removal was essential for restoring the river's health.