Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010

The Old Dam is Removed

October 20th
The old dam already removed! Water is being pumped out of the site,
and drained into the river.


Pieces of the dam.



Dumpster being delivered.





October 21
No work done today. Review of progress.



Just a trickle getting through




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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Rahway River Park Construction Update

October 15th
The support for the temporary dam is in place.





The temporary dam is assembled on land before being positioned in the water. October 18th
The temporary dam in place in the water.
Amazingly, the tarp and sandbag combination is able to keep out most of the water.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Saturday, October 16, 2010

The Rahway River Park Pond Dam to Be Replaced

The dam by the scenic wooden bridge on the pond in Rahway River Park is being replaced. Work started in October. Weather permitting, the work is to be finished in two months.

The plan is to put a temporary dam in place beyond where the actual dam is. When the area around the old dam is dry, the old dam will be dismantled and rebuilt. When the new dam is finished, the temporary dam will be removed.

Progress will be monitored on this blog.

This is how the dam looked in June of this year,
and in August.
I saw this backhoe on October 7th,

and on October 13th more equipment was brought in and the support for the temporary dam was positioned in the pond.
A nice day for a swim. rahway river park clark NJ, construction, dam replacement, lill lansey