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The Feeder Dam at Glens Falls is a concrete gravity dam having a 615 foot long ungated river spillway section with flashboards including a 20 foot wide inclined logway. Examination of available documents and a visual inspection of the dam did not reveal conditions which constitute an immediate hazard to human life or property. However, significant deficiencies and deterioration was observed at one portion of the dam, the North Bulkhead, so as to warrant additional study and analysis as well as corrective action by maintenance forces.The spillway capacity of the dam, although not having sufficient discharge capacity for passing one-half the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF), is considered to be inadequate. Other deficiencies found during the visual inspection concerned concrete surface deterioration and cracking, non-operable or non-existent gate machinery, and an overall need for increased maintenance of the dam.
The Feeder Dam at Glens Falls is a concrete gravity dam having a 615 foot long ungated river spillway section with flashboards including a 20 foot wide inclined logway. Examination of available documents and a visual inspection of the dam did not reveal conditions which constitute an immediate hazard to human life or property. However, significant deficiencies and deterioration was observed at one portion of the dam, the North Bulkhead, so as to warrant additional study and analysis as well as corrective action by maintenance forces.The spillway capacity of the dam, although not having sufficient discharge capacity for passing one-half the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF), is considered to be inadequate. Other deficiencies found during the visual inspection concerned concrete surface deterioration and cracking, non-operable or non-existent gate machinery, and an overall need for increased maintenance of the dam.
National Dam Safety Program. Feeder Dam at Glens Falls (Inventory Number NY-143), Upper Hudson River Basin, Warren-Saratoga County, New York. Phase I Inspection Report
G. Koch (author)
1979
298 pages
Report
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English