In 2012, conservationists began working to remove an obsolete Massachusetts dam; 14 years later, demolition started to reconnect 7 miles of stream and restore 6 acres of wetland
- Duxbury, MassachusettsRepresentative imageFor more than a century, a small concrete dam stood in the way of a river’s natural flow.
- Built to serve industries that no longer exist, the Temple Street Dam in Duxbury, Massachusetts, had long outlived its purpose.
- It blocked fish from reaching their spawning grounds, trapped sediment, created a maintenance burden for the town and disrupted the natural hydrology of the South River.
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- Duxbury, MassachusettsRepresentative imageFor more than a century, a small concrete dam stood in the way of a river’s natural flow.
- Built to serve industries that no longer exist, the Temple Street Dam in Duxbury, Massachusetts, had long outlived its purpose.
- It blocked fish from reaching their spawning grounds, trapped sediment, created a maintenance burden for the town and disrupted the natural hydrology of the South River.
Sources: Times of India