APPENDIX A LIST OF DAMS IN THE MUMFORD RIVER BASIN
Normal Impoundment (acre-ft) 43 0 16 20 38 2 0 0 3122 150 35 0 300 1140 1155 695 1974 110 69 1130 57 0 55 210 220 0 137 34 160 110 0 0 0 0 Max Impoundment (acre-ft) 61 0 50 75 55 0 0 0 4132 285 51 0 590 0 1155 695 4385 230 120 1450 57 0 55 925 220 0 230 50 160 170 0 0 0 0 Total Surf. Area= Surface Area (acres) 18 19 7 10 9 94 330 21 135 47 55 83 353 33 10 83 9 15 120 25 10 18 5 17 27 4 7 6 4 1574 Dam Crest Length (ft) 150 0 180 350 100 0 0 0 473 120 50 0 660 760 150 350 330 150 200 300 70 0 200 130 150 0 200 30 70 120 0 0 0 0 acres
Town Oxford Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Douglas Northbridge Northbridge Northbridge Northbridge Northbridge Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Uxbridge Uxbridge Uxbridge Uxbridge Sutton Douglas Northbridge Northbridge Sutton
Natid MA00671 MA02770 MA00889 MA02532 MA01172 MA02762 MA02763 MA02764 MA00200 MA00199 MA01173 MA02858 MA00896 MA00894 MA00893 MA00943 MA00955 MA00659 MA00892 MA00957 MA00956 MA02897 MA00899 MA01171 MA00888 MA02916 MA00895 MA00898 MA00897 MA00660 MA02772 MA02859 MA02862 MA02896
Dam Name Stumpy Pond Dam Morse Pond Dam Dudley Pond Dam Wallis Pond Dam Potter Road Dam Cedar St. Pond Dam Lower Hunts Pond Dam Hunts Pond Dam Whitin Reservoir Dam Gilboa Pond Dam Old Mill Pond Dam Whitins Pond Dam Linwood Pond Dam Meadow Pond Dam Carpenter Reservoir Dam Carpenter Reservoir Dike Manchaug Pond Dam Swans Pond Dam Reservoir #4 Dam Stevens Pond Dam Sutton Falls Dam Purgatory Chasm Pond Dam Reservoir #6 Dam Lackey Pond Dam Reservoir #5 Dam Rivulet Village Pond Dam Whitin Pond Dam Rivulet Pond Dam Caprons Pond Dam Upper Tucker Dam Pond Riddle Rd. Pond Dam Stonebridge Pond Dam Riley Pond Dam Smith Pond Dam
River Centerville Brook Centerville Brook Tr-Whitin Res. Mumford River
Mumford River Mumford River Mumford River Mumford River Tr-Mumford River Mumford River Mumford River Tr-Mumford River Tr-Mumford River Cook Allen Brook Dark Brook Dark Brook Tr-Mumford River Mumford River Cook Allen Brook Tr-Mumford River Spring Brook Mumford River Tr-Mumford River
Impoundment Name Stump Pond Mores Pond Dudley Pond Wallis Pond Mumford River Cedar St. Pond Lower Hunts Pond Hunts Pond Whitin Reservoir Gilboa Pond Mumford River Whitins Pond Linwood Pond Meadow Pond Carpenter Reservoir Carpenter Reservoir Manchaug Pond Swans Pond Reservoir #4 Stevens Pond Sutton Falls Purgatory Chasm Pond Reservoir #6 Lackey Pond Reservoir #5 Rivulet Village Pond Whiten Pond Rivulet Pond Coprons Pond Tuckers Pond Riddle Rd. Pond Stonebridge Pond Riley Pond Smith Pond
Owner May P. Brink Estate Unknown Douglas Fish & Game Club Comm of Mass - D E M Guilford Industries Inc. Charles L. Church Jr. Guilford Industries Inc. Guilford Industries Inc. Interface Fabrics Finishing Interface Fabrics Finishing Guilford Industries Inc. A.T.F. Davidson Co. Linwood Realty Co Whitinsville Water Co. Whitinsville Water Co. Whitinsville Water Co. Interface Fabrics Finishing Richard C. Hare Whitinsville Water Co. Town Of Sutton Joseph P. Staruk Comm of Mass - D E M Whitinsville Water Co. Comm of Mass - D E M Whitinsville Water Co. Unknown Mclay Associates Nelmor Co. Inc. Emile Bernat & Sons Inc. John Zelenak Unknown A.T.F. Davidson Co. Town Of Northbridge Theadore E. Amour
Year Storage Hydraulic Completed Height (ft) Height (ft) 1900 8 6 0 0 0 1917 7 6 16 0 1900 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1854 33 33 1900 14 12 1900 12 6 0 0 0 1865 17.5 0 1961 17 2 1915 48 40 1920 30 25 1836 28 28 1900 12 7 1935 30 24 1900 30 26 1900 22 18 0 0 0 1905 14 12 1999 16.1 6 1900 36 30 0 0 0 1900 10 8 1935 10 8 1905 20 16 1900 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drainage Area (sq mi) 0 0 0 2.54 0 0 0 0 8.9 0 0 0 50 12.6 0 0 6.7 0 0 7.3 80.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NOTE: None of the information provided in the above table has been verified or confirmed. For example dam ownership changes frequently and the table may not reflect the most up to date information. Where possible, information was obtained as part of this study. Source: National Inventory of Dams & Massachusetts Office of Dam Safety. Normal Impoundment, Max Impoundment, Surface Area and Drainage Area for Whitin Reservoir and Manchaug Reservoir provided in Acherion Enginnering Report, 1986.
APPENDIX B: PICTURES OF THE MUMFORD RIVER DAMS, FIGURES B-1 to B-15 FIGURE B-1 MANCHAUG DAM – TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Stevens Pond Dam
Manchaug Pond Dam Outlet
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Manchaug Dam Comments: Looking at gate that controls discharge
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Manchaug Dam Comments: Looking at gate that controls discharge
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Manchaug Dam Comments: Looking at gate from upstream side with flashboards
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Manchaug Dam Comments: Looking at discharge below gate
FIGURE B-2 WHITIN RESERVOIR DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Whitin Reservoir Dam Outlet
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitin Reservoir (aka Hydro Projects North) Comments: Outlet gate at Whitin Reservoir
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitin Reservoir Comments: Emergency spillway
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitin Reservoir Comments: looking upstream at emergency spillway with flashboards
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitin Reservoir Comments: Gate controlling discharge in background near truck
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitin Reservoir Comments: Discharge located below gate
FIGURE B-3 STEVENS POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Stevens Pond Dam
Manchaug Pond Dam Outlet
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Stevens Pond Dam Comments: Looking at walk across Stevens Pond Dam outlet
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Stevens Pond Dam Comments: Looking at Dam (with flashboards) from the road
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Stevens Pond Dam Comments: Looking down the road, dam is located on the right, discharge flows under road
FIGURE B-4 UNNAMED DAM AT INTERSECTION OF MANCHAUG ROAD AND WHITIN ROAD- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Stevens Pond Dam
Unnamed Dam
Potter Road Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam at Manchaug and Whitins RD Intersection Comments: Looking across face of dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam at Manchaug and Whitins RD Intersection Comments: Looking across face of dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Dam at Manchaug and Whitins RD Intersection Comments: Looking at low level outlet on left side of the dam looking upstream
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam at Manchaug and Whitins RD Intersection Comments: Looking at impoundment
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam at Manchaug and Whitins RD Intersection Comments: Looking at intake within the impoundment
FIGURE B-5 POTTER ROAD DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Potter Road Dam
Old Mill Pond Dam Cook Bridge Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Potter Road Dam Comments: Looking upstream, gate on right side of dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Potter Road Dam Comments: Looking across dam.
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Potter Road Dam Comments: Bridge opening just below dam
FIGURE B-6 COOK BRIDGE DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Old Mill Pond Unnamed DamDam
Cook Bridge Dam
Gilboa Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Cook Bridge Dam Comments: Looking at Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Cook Bridge Dam Comments: Looking at dam, gate on left side of dam looking upstream
FIGURE B-7 OLD MILL POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Old Mill Pond Dam
Cook Bridge Dam
Gilboa Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Old Mill Pond Dam, just below Cooks Bridge Dam Comments: Looking at impoundment, dam located in background
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Old Mill Pond Dam, just below Cooks Bridge Dam Comments: Looking upstream at dam
FIGURE B-8 GILBOA POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Old Mill Pond Dam
Cook Bridge Dam
Gilboa Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Gilboa Pond Dam Comments: Looking at Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Gilboa Pond Dam Comments: Looking at Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Gilboa Pond Dam Comments: Looking at staff gage, located just below the dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Gilboa Pond Dam Comments: Looking at staff gage, located just below the dam
FIGURE B-9 LACKEY POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Lackey Pond Dam
Gilboa Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Lackey Pond Dam Comments: Looking across dam with gates (gate at far end of the dam), L-shaped dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Lackey Pond Dam Comments: Looking across dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Lackey Pond Dam Comments: Looking at gate on left side of dam looking upstream
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Lackey Pond Dam Comments: Looking at right side of dam looking upstream
FIGURE B-10 WHITINS POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Whitins Pond Dam
Unnamed Dam, The Shop
Unnamed Dam, Douglas Street Bridge
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitins Pond Dam Comments: Dam separates Whitins Pond and Meadow Pond, Concrete cap.
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitins Pond Dam Comments: Dam separates Whitins Pond and Meadow Pond, Concrete cap
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitins Pond Dam Comments: Gate access thru manhole. Gate never used.
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitins Pond Dam Comments: Looking across earthen dam- dam located in the distance
FIGURE B-11 UNNAMED DAM (THE SHOP) ALONG MEADOW POND- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Whitins Pond Dam
Unnamed Dam, The Shop
Unnamed Dam, Douglas Street Bridge
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam above Douglas Bridge Dam (The Shop Dam) Comments: Sluice gate to formal canal (unused now)
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam above Douglas Bridge Dam (The Shop Dam) Comments: Looking upstream at dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam above Douglas Bridge Dam (The Shop Dam) Comments: Looking upstream across face of dam
FIGURE B-12 UNNAMED DAM AT DOUGLAS STREET BRIDGE AT THE OUTLET OF MEADOW POND- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Whitins Pond Dam
Unnamed Dam, The Shop
Unnamed Dam, Douglas Street Bridge
Douglas Street Bridge Dam The Shop Dam
ond eadow P M
Whitins Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam on Douglas Road Bridge Comments: Looking at gates on right side of dam looking upstream
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam on Douglas Road Bridge Comments: Looking at dam from Douglas Road Bridge
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam on Douglas Road Bridge Comments: Looking at dam from Douglas Road Bridge
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Unnamed Dam on Douglas Road Bridge Comments: Gate on left side of dam looking upstream
FIGURE B-13 LINWOOD POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Whitin Pond Dam
Linwood Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Linwood Mills Dam Comments: Looking upstream at dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Linwood Mills Dam Comments: Looking upstream at left side of dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Linwood Mills Dam Comments: Looking upstream at right side of dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Linwood Mills Dam Comments: Looking across top of dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Linwood Mills Dam Comments: Canadian Geese in the impoundment
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Linwood Mills Dam Comments: Gate is located on right side of dam looking upstream- doesn’t appear operational
FIGURE B-14 WHITIN POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Whitin Pond Dam
Linwood Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitin Pond Dam Comments: Looking across dam
Date: 5/16/03 Description: Whitin Pond Dam Comments: Looking at gate on the left side of dam looking upstream.
FIGURE B-15 CAPRONS POND DAM- TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Caprons Pond Dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Caprons Dam Comments: Looking below gate structure on right side of dam looking upstream
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Caprons Dam Comments: Looking closer at gate structure located on the right side of the dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Caprons Dam Comments: Looking at dam
Date: 5/16/2003 Description: Caprons Dam Comments: Looking at gate on left side of dam looking upstream
APPENDIX C: Water Supply Reports Reports are Organized as follows: 1. WHITINSVILLE WATER COMPANY 2. DOUGLAS WATER DEPARTMENT 3. INTERFACE FABRICS GROUP FINISHING 4. WHITINSVILLE GOLF COURSE
APPENDIX D HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ON THE MUMFORD RIVER, MANCHAUG RESERVOIR AND WHITIN RESERVOIR
Provided by Paul Lyons of Interface Fabrics Group Finishing