My World: The Eastman Falls Dam

For Friday's SkyWatch, I posted a photograph of the Pemigewasset River in Franklin, New Hampshire. If you are interested, you can click that link to see the photo. I was standing on the river bank and looking to my right down the river for that photograph. When I turned to the left, the Eastman Falls Dam can be seen.

The dam is now owned by the Public Service Company of New Hampshire.

"Completed in 1901 by B&M Railroad and redeveloped in 1937 by PSNH, Eastman Falls Hydro is located on the Pemigewasett River. Power generation is controlled so that river inflow is always equal to outflow. The site has a picnic area developed jointly with the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

Facts: Turbine/generators: 2 Unit 1 turbine horsepower: 2,650 Unit 2 turbine horsepower: 6,164 Total generating capacity: 6.4 MW Max. gross head: 35 feet Reservoir volume: 2,170 acre-feet Reservoir size: 467 acres Dam height: 27 feet"

(source: PSNH)

Above: An undated postcard of the Eastman Falls Dam

One more note: Above you see the electric substation on the ground above the dam. After I fell into the Merrimack River with my Canon DSLR camera, I decided it would be wise to buy a waterproof camera for kayaking. One day while John drove, I played and practiced with my new Olympus Tough 8000 camera and got this shot of the Eastman Falls Substation as you see it here (my post for this photo is here). Pretty good for a random shot from a speeding car!

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SkyWatch Friday: The Pemigewasset River

Below the Eastman Falls Hydroelectric Station, outside of Franklin, New Hampshire

The Pemigewasset is 65 miles (105 km) long. It meets the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin and together the two create the Merrimack River that flows down to Boston. The Merrimack River is the river on which Thoreau paddled and about which he wrote in his book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The Merrimack is also where John and I took Wingnut kayaking this past summer and where I carelessly fell in with my Canon Rebel XSi around my neck. After I hauled my sorry self out of the river, I saw a flock, yes, a flock of bald eagles. These were the very first bald eagles I had ever seen in my life. And my camera had died because I drowned it. (It cost a fortune, but the camera has been repaired. And I have learned my lesson.)

The section of the Pemigewasset seen here is just below the Eastman Falls Hydroelectric Station. It is a favorite site for anglers of Atlantic salmon. If you can avoid being drowned when the water behind the dam is released, it is good fishing.

ANGLERS Pemigewasset River Catch & Release Section From a point approximately 150 feet below the Eastman Falls Dam to the downstream side of the Rt 3 & 11 bridge the following regulations shall apply: There shall be no closed season for all species. All fish taken shall be immediately released unharmed to the water. Atlantic salmon shall only be taken by fly fishing as specified in the Atlantic salmon brood stock regulations. All other fish shall only be taken with flies or artificial lures with only one hook point.

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