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(112,204 posts) Wed Apr 10, 2019, 08:53 AM Apr 2019

Gorge Dam might not be removed until 2023

CUYAHOGA FALLS — It will be years before the Gorge Dam in the Gorge Metro Park is removed.

Representatives from the U.S. and Ohio Environmental Protection agencies, Summit Metro Parks and others involved in the project discussed the status of the dam removal during a two-hour meeting that drew more than 200 people at the Natatorium on Tuesday night.

According to Summit Metro Parks, the 420-foot-wide, 60-foot-tall dam between Akron and Cuyahoga Falls is an impediment to the water quality of the Cuyahoga River, and its removal should improve river ecology, create recreational opportunities and drive economic benefits.

The removal could also reveal the buried waterfall for which Cuyahoga Falls is named.

Read more: https://www.ohio.com/news/20190409/gorge-dam-might-not-be-removed-until-2023

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The park there is amazing. The power station there is the one that start the collapse of the big ... marble falls Apr 2019 #1

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1. The park there is amazing. The power station there is the one that start the collapse of the big ...

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Wed Apr 10, 2019, 10:52 AM

Apr 2019

power grid from Chicago to New York in the mid nineties when a branch fell in a storm and shorted the plant out.

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