2nd Raritan River dam torn down (article)

[Skunk City]

For you Raritan River guys...

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...on_rarita.html

[kcritch]

Cool Stuff....Thanks for the update.

I'm definitely going to go check it out just to see what kind of difference it made upstream already.

[AndyS]

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[Wilson]

The Nevius Street dam may not be so easy to get rid of.
This text is from the Star Ledger.


The removal of the Calco Dam last summer was the first phase of this three-step process.
But there is some concern that the Nevius Street dam in Raritan could prove an obstacle that El Paso is unable to hurdle.
Unlike the other two dams, the Nevius is privately owned, by Duke Farms in Hillsborough.
Water from an intake pipe at the dam is pumped 1.5 miles upstream and 81 feet above ground to supply a complex of ponds and streams on the 2,740-acre property. Tim Taylor, executive director, has called the water system “among the three finest lagoon landscapes in the country.”
Taylor has said that Duke Farms won’t sign off on the Nevius Street dam’s removal until the DEP guarantees that the ponds won’t dry up.

Some how this just sounds so wrong to me......If I ran a pipe down to the south branch and pumped water out of it so I could have some type of pond or lagoon, I would most likely be arrested and fined out the you know what.....I believe it was wrong to build the dam in the first place, so this is just corecting a mistake. I could see if it was being used to water fields or live stock, but not for some dam ornimental type lagoon........This is one of those time when the state should say tough......its coming down. just my opinion.

And lets be honest the DEP will never gaurantee that the ponds and stream won't dry up. If they opened the entire propety to the public to enjoy I could see justfying it then but only then.....Imagine getting to fish those ponds legally....no more seeking in under the cloak of darkness...lol

Originally Posted by Wilson

The Nevius Street dam may not be so easy to get rid of.
This text is from the Star Ledger.


The removal of the Calco Dam last summer was the first phase of this three-step process.
But there is some concern that the Nevius Street dam in Raritan could prove an obstacle that El Paso is unable to hurdle.
Unlike the other two dams, the Nevius is privately owned, by Duke Farms in Hillsborough.
Water from an intake pipe at the dam is pumped 1.5 miles upstream and 81 feet above ground to supply a complex of ponds and streams on the 2,740-acre property. Tim Taylor, executive director, has called the water system “among the three finest lagoon landscapes in the country.”
Taylor has said that Duke Farms won’t sign off on the Nevius Street dam’s removal until the DEP guarantees that the ponds won’t dry up.

[Bassload]

Hey Guys. New to the site and wanted to know more about the Robert Street dam thing. I drove down the street to take a look. It looks like you can launch a kayak from the end of the street. My question is if you can lauch from there and is the river deep enough to paddle from there up to the Duke Island Park?