Now that the new spillway pipe and emergency spillway were in place and inspected, it was time to remove the temporary spillway pipe and compact the clay where the pipe had been installed. It was time for the old spillway to be plugged with cement under the watchful eye of Medina County Engineers Inspector Metz. … More Lower Lake’s Dam Restoration, November 19, 2013-14
Medina County Engineers Inspector Metz stands in the emergency spillway for his inspection. This is a close up of the emergency spillway on which the rest of the work for the installation will be done. This photo is of the hooded inlet spillway pipe and its relationship to the emergency spillway. This photo is of… More Lower Lake’s Dam Restoration, Part 8, 2013
With the basic clay installed, the truck dance could slow to one truck, carrying the muck dam that Kodiak had created to hold back the water of the lake. Kodiak continued to clear the muck, and also pulled out a large log from the water. The view of the shaped dam from the West River… More Lower Lake Restoration, Part 7, 2013
Bright and early, Kodiak was on-site to begin the removal of the original vertical spillway pipe. Kodiak is about to install the temporary spillway. With the many springs that feed the lower lake from the ravines on either end of the lake bringing in a constant inflow of water, the lake would fill even if… More Lower Lake’s Dam Restoration, Part 6, 2013
November 5th Kodiak began grinding the stumps on the dam. Medina County had required that the stumps remain in place over the 2012 winter to hold the clay of the dam. They also required that the stumps be ground such that only the outer roots would remain for removal. This photo shows the Kodiak Bearcat,… More Lower Lake’s Restoration, Part 5, 2013
Emails flew back and forth between myself and Kodiak, the Lot 9 owner, Matrix Engineering, John Matricardi, Dan Willhoite of Medina County Engineers, and of course, my attorney, David Riehl as the dam restoration plans were refined for approval. Finally February, 28th the plans were declared acceptable and were mailed to me in California. March… More Lower Lake’s Restoration, Part 4, 2013
On October 26, I used photos to measure approximate tree heights for the trees on the dam that Kodiak would need to remove. Bramhall had already marked each tree that needed to be removed from the dam with the fluorescent bright pink spray spot, and had provided trunk diameter measurements, so the heights of the trees,… More Lower Lake’s Restoration, Part 3
We had a beautiful year to work on restoring the dam, very little rain but the Lot 9 owners balked at accepting their responsibility to pay their 1/4 of the cost though they had caused the extension to be placed onto the spillway raising the level of the lake. The water level was still high,… More Lower Lake’s Restoration, Part 2
When my neighbor picked me up from the Cleveland Hopkins Airport on April 17th, he mentioned that the lower lake had overflowed onto West River Road earlier in the Spring. Puzzled, April 18th I contacted Mr. Dale Vassal, Liverpool Township Maintenance Supervisor whether the lake had overflowed onto West River Road. I learned that yes, indeed… More Lower Lake’s Restoration, Part 1
Prior to the undergrounding of the electric conduit to carry service to the transformer/switch box for Lots 10 and 11, I had contacted Mr. William Schuester of Ohio Edison/First Energy Corp. regarding moving the electric service from its original supply path across the lower lake, up the hill to a utility pole in the east… More Lot 10 Electricity Undergrounded, 2009