National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Williams Lake Dam (MA 00451), Merrimack River Basin, Marlborough, Massachusetts. Phase I Inspection Report.

Abstract

Williams Lake Dam is an earth embankment dam with a downstream rubble masonry wall. The dam is about 183 ft. long and 6 ft. high. The dam is small in size and has a hazard potential of high. Failure of the dam would flood Interstate Route I-495 and a housing development and possibly cause the loss of a few lives. The dam is judged to be in poor condition. At the time of inspection, brush growth was evident on the embankment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA155011

Entities

Organizations

  • New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Dams
  • Drainage Basins
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Massachusetts
  • Materials
  • New England
  • Safety
  • United States
  • Visual Inspection
  • Warning Systems
  • Water Supplies

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