National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Versailles Pond Dam (CT 00472), Thames River Basin, Sprague, Connecticut. Phase I Inspection Report.
Abstract
The dam, built around 1920, has a total length of approximately 400 feet, consisting of a 184 foot long board-crested masonry spillway, a 190 foot long earth embankment, and a 27 foot long sluiceway. The top of the embankment, at elevation 88.7, is approximately 20 feet wide, 8.7 feet above the spillway crest, and 23 feet above the streambed of the Little River. With the pond level to the top of the dam, the pond impounds approximately 1000 acre-feet of water. The sluiceway at the left end of the dam leads to abandoned factory buildings about 400 feet from the dam. The intake to the sluiceway is a wood bulkhead, which contains 5 gates. Based upon the visual inspection at the site and past performance, the project is judged to be in poor condition. No evidence of instability of the project was observed. However, there are items which require maintenance, such as the dense vegetation on the embankment and the inoperable sluice gates. The spillway capacity with the pond level to the top of the dam is 13,000 cfs, which is equivalent to 108% of the routed test flood outflow.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA144581
Entities
Organizations
- New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers