Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Hult Pond Drawdown

File this under reasons to never let trees grow on dams.  A tree blew over and its rootwad damaged a drain pipe at Hult Dam.  As a result, the pond had to be emergency drained about ten feet.  Here are some pictures from an inspection trip I did.

Cory and the reservoir

A view of the dam face

The entrance to the spillway.  You can see the pilings which used to support a railway bridge connecting the log pond to a downstream millsite.

1 comment:

Catherine said...

Mercy...yes...watch those trees. I have seen huge trees somehow at the top spillway of Blue Lake elude the initial float barriers.