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Red Oaks Mill Dam: Fading Fast
A combination of neglect and last year’s storms demolished much of the Red Oaks Mill dam:
Red Oaks Mill dam - after collapse
The linear “rocks” just downstream of the dam are sections of the concrete cap:
Red Oaks Mill dam - displaced concrete
With the cap gone, the concrete-and-rock fill should disintegrate in short order:
Red Oaks Mill dam - crumbled section
Upstream of the rubble, the Wappingers Creek dropped about three feet, exposing bedrock and undercutting the old shoreline:
Red Oaks Mill dam - exposed creek bed
Downstream, not much changed. This wasn’t a catastrophic dam break that wiped entire towns off the map.
In February 2005, the fishing must have been pretty good:
Red Oaks Mill Dam - 27 Feb 2005
It’s endured quite a few floods like this one in February 2008:
Flood Stage in Red Oaks Mill
But in June 2008, after the waters receded, you could tell things weren’t right:
Red Oaks Mill Dam - 2008
Looks like a shovel-ready project to me…
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