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The park land is owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers and leased from by the State of Vermont. [1] The park contains the Quechee Gorge, a popular Vermont tourist stop. The land was originally the site of the Dewey wool mill which ceased operation in 1952 and relocated to Enfield, New Hampshire. Shortly after the closing of the Mill the US ...
Ball Mountain Dam (National ID # VT00001) is a dam in Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont, in the southeastern part of the state. The earthen and gravel gravity dam was constructed between 1957 and 1961 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 247 feet (75 m) and a length of 915 feet (279 m) at its crest. [1]
Allis State Park: Brookfield: Orange: 625 253 1928 Big Deer State Park: Groton: Caledonia: Bomoseen State Park: Castleton: Rutland: 3,526 1,427 1960 Boulder Beach State Park: Groton: Caledonia Branbury State Park: Salisbury & Leicester: Addison: 64 26 1945 Brighton State Park: Brighton: Essex: 152.4 61.7 Burton Island State Park: St. Albans ...
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The Waterbury Dam was built between 1935 and1938 by 2,000 men working for the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, to serve as one of three dams to control the flow of Little River, Vermont, Winooski River and its tributaries.
The earthen dam was constructed in 1961 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 126 feet and a length of 1700 feet at its crest. [1] It impounds Vermont's West River for flood control and seasonal storm water management. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers. [2] Its National ID number is VT00004.
Quechee State Park is located along the river near the village of Quechee. Near the river's mouth the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' North Hartland Dam impounds the river to form North Hartland Lake. [3] Near the state park, the river flows through the 165-foot-deep (50 m) Quechee Gorge.
Capital Engineers: The US Army Corps of Engineers in the Development of Washington, DC 1790-2004 (Office of History, Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2011). online; Shallat, Todd. "Building waterways, 1802–1861: Science and the United States Army in early public works." Technology and Culture 31.1 (1990): 18-50. excerpt; Shallat, Todd.