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  • Monthly Image: Ice at Red Oaks Mill Dam

    After the January snowstorm, everything above the water downstream of the Red Oaks Mill dam featured a snow cap rimmed with ice:

    Red Oaks Mill Dam - downstream ice
    Red Oaks Mill Dam – downstream ice

    The jet emerging from a deep notch in the dam breast on the near side of the ice sheet chewed through the concrete-and-rubble structure:

    Red Oaks Mill Dam - central flume
    Red Oaks Mill Dam – central flume

    Upstream, graceful curves in the ice highlight the flow streamlines:

    Red Oaks Mill Dam - upstream ice
    Red Oaks Mill Dam – upstream ice

    Yes, that was on the same walk when we found the severed head…