View Single Post
Old 04-27-2017, 01:41 PM   #20
kawishiwi
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 519
Thanks: 227
Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts
Default 9ft

Quote:
Originally Posted by BroadHopper View Post
is part of the City of Laconia/Weirs dated 1892.

A map dated 1816 shows Folsom Falls but no dam. The falls dropped about 8 feet. I do know the Lowell Mills built the dam to make sure they have constant water flow. Not sure how much the dam rise the lake. I was told there was substantial flooding and landowners were compensated. Long Island, Governor's Island and Cow Island were not islands and were used for farmland.
I found a fairly recent report online (pdf) on the Lakeport dam that said it has a hydrological height of 9ft.



___________________________
“The plan gets better and better and better it’s gotten really really good and a lot of people are liking it a lot.”
kawishiwi is offline   Reply With Quote