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economy" with high shopper expectations, demanding price models and rapidly evolving fashion tastes, plus the development of energy and industrial technologies, all led to widespread mill closures, making the power the dam provided obsolete for current needs while also wholly inadequate for newer development.
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power plant at the south end of the Great Stone Dam that would ensure energy production and preserve the architectural integrity of the dam. In 1981, the project was completed allowing the generation of 16.8 MW of power, far more than the 15,000 horsepower (11 MW) the dam provided in its heyday.
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The construction was innovative for the time as it used hydraulic injections of concrete into the spaces between the granite stones. This has led to the dam's reliability and durability, as despite several severe floods no repairs to the dam itself have ever been required, although repairs were made
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and Daniel Saunders, the association had identified that "there lay a tract of land resting upon foundations of imperishable blue stone and so shaped and environed by nature as to be a rare site for a permanent dam and a connected system of canals, and for the building of a manufacturing city"; this
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At the time of its construction it was the largest dam in the world, and it remains one of the significant landmarks defining the city to which its creation gave birth. It was so significant to the city at the time, a celebration was held in honor of its semi-centennial in 1895, yet now may be less
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is 22 feet and the average plunge of water 25 to 26 feet without flashboards. The masonry, including wings extending inland, is 1,629 feet in length. The overflow of water is 900 feet wide from wing to wing, the crest line curving slightly upstream. A solid filling of earth, backing the masonry and
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in 1977, the Great Stone Dam is considered one of the greatest engineering projects of the 19th century due to its size, its method and the impact of its development. It stands as testament to the heyday of great innovation and innovators, to a time of economic and social development, to the Essex
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Gilmore & Carpenter won the contract to build the dam. The construction commenced and finished on the same day (September 19) three years apart (one source states it was the same hour) from the first stone laid in 1845 to the last in 1848. Charles H. Bigelow, who had been an engineer in the US
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was growing: the Great Stone Dam was both literally and figuratively well placed to be as much a part of the future as it had been of the past if investment could be found for the necessary modernization. In the 1970s the Lawrence Hydroelectric Associates began the construction of a $ 28-million
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Increasingly from the end of World War II, the economic, social and industrial landscapes within which the mills relied on the dam's power were changing. Complex interrelated forces including geographical migration of the textile industry and development of an increasingly influential "consumer
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led in 2007 to $ 3.5 million in improvements and repairs, including replacement of the old plywood flashboards with a more reliable metal and rubber-bladder washboard structure (for better flood and water level control), as well as improving fish migration. In 2008 repairs were delayed by
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celebrated, as at the site of the dam there is no viewing platform, monument or historical marker giving passersby information about the historical innovation and social marvel beneath their feet. The Lawrence History Center (located in what were the offices of the
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Previous to incorporating as the Essex Company, the group of men had been known as the "Boston Associates" and had made similar developments upstream in Lowell, where a dam of similar (but smaller) size had already been built, giving rise to that industrial city.
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sloping back, one foot in six, protects the structure. The south wing wall is 324 feet long and the north wing 405 feet. The original cost of the structure, at the time of building when prices of labor and material ruled low, was about $ 250,000.
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Today the dam is the site of a hydroelectric plant, completed in 1981, which is owned by Central Rivers Power USA (now parent company of the Essex Company, which still owns the dam) and the Lawrence Hydroelectric Associates.
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along the Merrimack River by building a dam at the preferred site. In addition to being a company director, Storrow was the lead engineer for the Essex Company and is credited as the designer and engineer of the dam.
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exceptionally heavy rains which highlighted the necessity of the repairs. The development was carefully planned to ensure longevity and capacity for the 19th century achievement.
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The plans set forth by the Essex Company, for the dam and surrounding industrialization, were so popular that it took less than one month to acquire capital of 1 million dollars.
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Because of the impact on the depth and flow of the river, and the large mill pond caused by the dam, the area above and below the dam have enhanced recreational opportunities.
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firmly embedded and bolted upon the river rock bed. The thickness at the base is 35 feet, narrowed gradually to about 13 feet below the crest stone. The greatest height of
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Ford, Peter A. (January 1, 1993). "Charles S. Storrow, Civil Engineer: A Case Study of European Training and Technological Transfer in the Antebellum Period".
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in 1894 to the wooden flashboards and the flashboard system was updated in 2007 to improve water control. No repairs to the stonework have ever been needed.
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In part due to the successful use of the river's power to develop the industrial potential of the city of Lowell, a consortium of local industrialists (
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It remains owned by the Essex Company which itself is now owned by Central Rivers Power USA, in partnership with Lawrence Hydroelectric Associates.
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source, continued sustainability relies on developing better ways of supporting nature, fish habitat and fundamental ecological services.
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Despite conservationist concerns over fish numbers, the area immediately below the dam is a popular fishing location for breeds such as
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The construction of the dams and canals might have been more expensive if not for the easy availability of cheap labor, often
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housing the Greater Lawrence Community Boating Program (as well as a water rescue station).
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Company itself, and most importantly to an immigrant city born in and of the American
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incorporated as the Essex Company with a charter to develop water power for planned
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History of the City of Lawrence by Jonathan Franklin Chesley Hayes, 1868, p. 17
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History of the City of Lawrence by Jonathan Franklin Chesley Hayes, 1868, p. 11
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While these and other changes reduced demand for the dam's energy, demand for
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The need to work in partnership with nature and be more responsive to a
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Initially known as "The Merrimack Water Power Association" (1843) under
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is located immediately upstream from the dam, supported by a large
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Land was acquired from towns on both sides of the Merrimack River (
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Skulki, Ken. History of Lawrence Massachusetts, Volume 2, page 7.
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The dam is constructed of huge granite blocks, laid in hydraulic
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Great Stone Dam is located in Massachusetts
Great Stone Dam is located in the United States
Lawrence, Massachusetts
42°42′3″N 71°10′0″W / 42.70083°N 71.16667°W / 42.70083; -71.16667
Charles Storer Storrow
Charles H. Bigelow
North Canal Historic District
ID84000417
77000184
Merrimack River
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Essex County, Massachusetts
Boston
New Hampshire
Salem
Merrimack Valley
Lowell
Route 28
North
guard lock
lift locks
mitered
Abbott Lawrence
Thomas Hopkinson
John Nesmith
Lawrence

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