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Weston Mill History and Artifacts, Millstone River, New Jersey
As part of the project to remove the Weston Mill Dam and restore migratory fish passage on the Millstone River in central New Jersey, this video documents the fascinating history of Weston Mill (built in the mid-1740s), the efforts to preserve the surviving mill foundation walls, and an assessment of the discovered mill-related artifacts.
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Weston Mill Dam Removal
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A video summary of the August 2017 removal of the Weston Mill Dam on the Millstone River, Somerset County, New Jersey
Raritan River Fish Passage & PIT Tagging Study
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As part of the overall restoration of the Raritan River, New Jersey's largest interior watershed, a migratory fish passage study is being conducted at the Island Farm Weir fish ladder to assess the passage efficiency of the structure. This video demonstrates how migratory fish (such as the blueback herring in the video) are tagged with Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT). The study is being c...
Nevius Street Dam Removal - Non-Music Version
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This Nevius Street Dam Removal video version has had the musical accompaniment deleted in the event that my Fair Use copyright requests to use those songs are turned down (you can hear the musical Part 1 [ua-cam.com/video/4_BbGp9BrWo/v-deo.html] and Part 2 [ua-cam.com/video/7sxRNuxWf-Y/v-deo.html] versions of this video on UA-cam until at least early-September 2013 so check those out if you lik...
Nevius Street Dam Removal - Part 2
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Part 2 of the Nevius Street Dam removal on the main stem of the Raritan River in central New Jersey, which was completed between July 24-31, 2013. This project was the third of three planned dam removals (the others were the Calco Dam and the Robert Street Dam - see those videos on UA-cam also) that re-opened nine miles of historically significant spawning grounds for American shad and other mi...
Nevius Street Dam Removal - Part 1
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Part 1 of the Nevius Street Dam removal on the main stem of the Raritan River in central New Jersey, which was completed between July 24-31, 2013. This project was the third of three planned dam removals (the others were the Calco Dam and the Robert Street Dam - see those videos on UA-cam also) that re-opened nine miles of historically significant spawning grounds for American shad and other mi...
Robert Street Dam Removal - Part 1
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The removal of the Robert Street Dam, one of the most significant obstructions to migratory fish passage on the main stem of the Raritan River, was successfully completed in August 2012. This project constitutes the most significant dam removal thus far in the Raritan River watershed and has advanced several of the river restoration goals set forth by the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative. T...
Robert Street Dam Removal - Part 2
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Part 2 of the dam removal video of the Robert Street Dam, one of the most significant obstructions to migratory fish passage on the main stem of the Raritan River in central New Jersey, which was successfully completed in August 2012. This project constitutes the most significant dam removal thus far in the Raritan River watershed and was the second of three planned dam removals (the first was ...
Calco Dam Removal 2011
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Highlights of the removal of the Calco Dam on the Raritan River in central New Jersey in July-August 2011 to restore anadromous fish passage on this historic river
All dams create warm water that is not a good thing for the eco system for fish and mussels
Absolutely correct! Thanks for your comment.
Very cool and interesting!! Thanks for sharing.
Should be building more dams. We need hydro plants not nuke's not dirty natural gas and oil. The sun doesn't shine at night either. After 100 years, why we worried about fish?
Any dam removal is a great thing!!! ALL dams should be removed immediately!! God didn't make dams!!
Any dam removal is a plus!! God didn't make dams!!
WHAT IS DONE WITH ALL THAT STUFF DUG OUT OF THE WATER AND PLACED INTO THE TRUCKS ?
Excellent question! The mounded sediment from behind the dam was used to fill in scour holes caused by the dam just downstream and re-build the shoreline back to the way it was originally. All of the concrete was taken to a concrete recycler (and I heard some of it was re-used as roadway foundation material), the few pieces of steel were recycled also at a local metal recycling facility, and lastly, some of the timber crib wood was given to historical organizations, some was re-purposed by wood turners into bowls (they liked the black color of the wood) and the rest was left by the mill ruins for historical context. Thanks for this great question!
bro I’ve been going for countless years, in fact, I just got back from two weeks of overnight camp
The history lesson up-front was invaluable. Don't mess with a hungry CAT and very talented operators! Love the cheering section in the background, too. The audio, editing, appropriate music, all first class.
Theres another damn like 200 feet away from this one a much bigger one.
You might be thinking of the Headgates Dam, located 2 miles upstream. I have been working on the planning of that removal since 2009 and hope to accomplish the removal by 2026. Thanks.
That little weir is so over engineered.
Yes, it was. I think because it failed so catastrophically in 1963 that they wanted to make sure it didn't get undermined again, thus explaining the installation of the steel sheet piles serving as cut-off walls. Thanks.
Wow very cool! Loved to see those old wood cribbing timber of 1844 to use to make something? I bet that old growth wood grain would be impressive after a stain was applied?
Love the RL Burnside--excellent choice for the deconstruction shots!
Use to hold flood waters back now down stream floods new Brunswick will get washed out to sea manville bound brook south bound brook will be in highland Park Donaldson park Edison boat docks ramp
Coming back for my third year
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thank you for sharing this vid. fun watching it
Those heavy machine operators are all artists. Such precise skill
Bingo!
Yay!
:) Y'all are doing awesome work, I hope to see more of this in the future
Thank you Gregory, I appreciate that positive feedback!
We’ve got weights in fish!!!!
I’m going here this year! I can’t wait :)
How did it it take five years to ok this ?
I see the operators are not wearing PFD's?
Now to remove the dam at Passaic River Falls.
Some of those operators were having a blast pulling the damn apary
Nice
From gross to gorgeous.
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Thanks!! Now this is a dam removal I can fully appreciate! Showing how these old grist mills and rivers worked together is priceless for those who want to understand the past. Understanding the past is critical to understanding today. Thanks again.
Thanks very much for your comment and appreciation; I am so pleased that my objective for making the video came through. I really appreciate such positive feedback, thank you!
@@JohnWJengo No problem, the video was very well done. I've been watching a lot of videos of low head dams being removed and the question always is why was it there to begin with, need some context and why does it need to come out. But what surprises me the most is how many of these old dams there are on rivers/streams on the East Coast. It makes perfect sense though being water was used for powering mills or factories before the steam engine became common or electricity. The East is where the industrial revolution took off so it makes sense that 1000's of these dams were built, still there but now have no purpose. I have no problem with taking them out and restore river/stream/fishery back to how it was. Some of the enviro whackos on the West Coast, well, I have some problems with.
haa haa what a lovely entertaining video,guy in digger almost being swept away trying to get rid of concrete
It took 5 years because too many jobsworths not interested in animals and nature 😢😢
If there was no risk of flood the dam could of been removed sooner, I agree wildlife should be cherished 🤗🤗
Cannonball Logic in Mass Psychology Milton Dam: Fingerling release Equipment: Strunk (arch., Plum Bob or sinker) Location: Charleville School Opera: Little Nemo ua-cam.com/video/Gr3BX5bfJEs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/gsRZUBEb8mQ/v-deo.html P.S., There was acquaintance between myself and another person who lived in Charleville. I know it's not a big dam. But it's enough for Charleville, isn't it;) Similar size to Ohio dam removed towards end of last century. The water will transpire through the roots of Alex Halley from there to Charleville. I hope that helps:) and Charles that's how they ended up with the 'Ithaca' movie that I believe is screening in the near future on SBS (?) Alex Halley comes form Ithaca in New York. Just out of interest could any of you get to the answer the same way without cheating and looking at the broadcast schedule. That's mentalism! And then you have Albanese (.i.e., elbow easy [siblings develop cancers near elbow and introduce concept of ghost{then i get BCC on inside crux of elbow that I remove using electrodessication from manual provided by Cancer Council]). Before these events, Governor Jeanette Young attempts to discretely convey the utility of Homonym (pun) during a press conference. Then you may have experienced problems with a script error in mobile phones or perhaps there were frequent broadband disconnections that might originate at the local exchange in Inala. I'm thinking somebody has anticipated your behaviour and has cannonballed your logic. It's a type of mass psychology that relies on High Ego as priming mechanism. Do you follow what I'm trying to describe to you?
Super job!!
This was so satisfying to watch. That is a damn good operator on the excavator+
With increased population depleting ground water faster than the major drought can replenish it not to mention rivers drying up , wouldn't it be nice or I bet you wish now or very soon that you still had some water storage.
The impoundment behind this dam was never used for water storage, especially given there is an in-river reservoir 1.5 miles downstream that is used for that purpose. Removal of this dam improved the water quality downstream by eliminating de-oxygenated, algae-chocked surface waters, not only improving the habitat upstream of the former dam but providing a much cleaner flow of surface water downstream where it is used for water supply. Thanks.
Im so happy seeing this videos..i hope there is more dams removal
Very satisfying to watch 👍
Really nice job by the backhoe operator.👌
Beautiful job, Thanks to everyone that made it happened!
Very satisfying!
Thank you!
Wow! Thanks for sharing a job so well done. Best of luck!
Thanks for your supportive comment, I appreciate it very much. Thank you.
Love the cheers in the background
It was nice to have an audience cheering on the work. Thanks!
Well done and thanks for having the real sounds instead of horrible intrusive music, which you mostly avoided!
Magnificent! Thanks so very much for having the "real" sounds instead of intrusive elevator music like most of the other similar videos! You folks have class! It is great to see so many areas "un-raped", if you will. We live in Idaho and our streams run clear and it is interesting to see the suspended sediment you contend with. The very best of luck to you and thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much for the feedback, I very much appreciate it. It's funny, but I had the privilege of kayaking the Middle Fork of the Salmon this past summer and I said the exact same thing to myself ("wow, this water is so clear"). Thanks again for your nice comments.
Unintentional ASMR ;) Very relaxing to watch - thanks!
Thanks for your considerate comment!
Hell yes. This is what I want to do.
It is a load of fun and rewarding too. Thanks.
Great job-River looks natural-OH! If they could only pump the water to California.
Thanks for your comment!
Lord imagine randomly kayaking this nice river and you get impaled by a random iron rod… lord christ, hopefully someone cleans it up even better.
Thanks for your comment, it was rather insightful because a group called the Central Jersey Stream Team was formed shortly after I managed the first dam removal in 2011 and they are a fantastic group who perform river cleanups in the Raritan River watershed. It's amazing the amount and type of debris and garbage that they pick up. They are a truly dedicated group of folks who care about the river. Thanks.