Kenyon Mills Dam Removal and Rock Ramp Fishway, Kenyon, RI
Dam Removal & River Restoration
Completion: October, 2013
Project Synopsis
SumCo Eco-Contracting constructed this fish passage, replacing the Kenyon Mill Dam spillway with a rock ramp fishway to pass migratory fish over the dam, including Alewife, Blueback Herring, American Shad, Atlantic Salmon, American Eel, Brown Trout and Brook Trout. The work also maintained the head pond for critical fire suppression purposes.
The project included upstream and downstream sheet pile cutoff walls; lined channel bypass; syphon system; rock ramp fishway construction; riverbank stabilization; and site restoration.
