Dam-ned if they do? Protecting the historic integrity of Lowell’s Pawtucket Dam
EKelly | Monday, September 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
The Pawtucket Dam is one of PM’s 2010 Massachusetts Most Endangered Historic Resources
Damned if they do?
By Jennifer Myers|The Lowell Sun| September 25, 2010
Lowell — The push is on at the local and federal level to preserve the historic integrity of the structure that kick-started America’s Industrial Revolution — the Pawtucket Dam.
In the waning hours of the Federal Energy Regulation Commission’s (FERC) public comment period regarding Enel North America’s controversial proposal to replace the flashboards at the dam with a pneumatic crest-gate system, Preservation Massachusetts took action to name the dam to its list of the state’s Most Endangered Historic Resources. That same day, the U.S. Department of the Interior filed its opposition and a notice to intervene in FERC’s proceedings on behalf of the National Park Service…
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