National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Berry Pond Dam (NH 00105), NHWRB 195.01, Merrimack River Basin, Pittsfield, New Hampshire. Phase I Inspection Report.

Abstract

Berry Pond Dam is an earth embankment 185 feet long and 12 feet high, with a stop-logged spillway, 11 feet wide and 7 feet high. The dam was superimposed in 1967 upon an earlier rock crib dam built in 1884. Three pipes penetrate the dam, two of which are abandoned. The operative pipe, a gated 8 in. line, regulates flow through a man-made channel to a downstream water supply reservoir for the Town of Pittsfield. It is small in size with a low hazard classification. The dam's condition is rated as fair but deficiencies were found in freeboard, in emergency discharge provisions, and in draw-down capability. Keywords include: Inspection, Dam safety, Merrimack River Basin, Pittsfield, New Hampshire, and Tributary to Suncook River.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA156536

Entities

Organizations

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

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dams
  • Drainage Basins
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Gates
  • New England
  • New Hampshire
  • Numbers
  • Visual Inspection
  • Warning Systems
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.