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Title: Lower Ridley Creek dam removals and riparian restoration
Creator: Sara Strassman
Date Created and/or Issued: 2007
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information (CDRI)
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: Abstract: The 12-foot by 100-foot Irving Mill dam was removed in fall 2004. The dam served no purpose and was in an advanced state of disrepair. The structure was the first dam on Ridley Creek from the confluence of the Delaware River, and its removal opened two miles of spawning habitat for blueback herring, alewife, and possibly American and hickory shad. This project is part of a watershed effort to provide fish passage at the five dams in the Ridley Creek drainage. Details in this grant report are subject to change.
Scope/Content: Author affiliation: American Rivers
Type: text
Identifier: ark:/86086/n21z4420
879
Subject: Fisheries and fish passage
Safety and liability
Dams
Dam retirement
Place: Ridley Creek, PA
City of Chester Dam
Irving Mill Dam

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