BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160414T220000Z DTEND:20160415T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Connecticut?s Historic Small Waterways and Dams: 1600-1800 with Karl Asimovic\, Consulting Engineer DESCRIPTION:Connecticut's Historic Small Waterways and Dams: 1600-1800 with Karl Asimovic\, Consulting Engineer\n\nThursday\, April 14 at 6 pm at the La Grua Center 32 Water Street Stonington \n\nSponsored by the Stonington Historical Society\n\nThis event is free and open to all\n\n \n\n \n\nConsulting Engineer\, Karl Asimovic will present Connecticut's Historic Small Waterways and Dams: 1600-1800 on Thursday\, April 14 at 6 pm on behalf of the Stonington Historical Society. The timely topic will focus on the deteriorating small mill dams so prevalent in eastern Connecticut and will include historical aspects as they relate to their mill sites along rural streams\, the most common historic functions being sawmills and gristmills. Most of these mills are obsolete if not long gone and the deteriorating condition of their dams has made the restoration or repairs cost prohibitive.\n\nKarl Asimovic is an independent consulting engineer who has worked on historic dams and waterways throughout Connecticut including sites in Preston\, Waterford\, Montville\, North Stonington\, and Ledyard.\n\nThere is a current\, coordinated effort among local\, state\, and federal agencies\, including the Nature Conservancy\, aimed at removing these historic dams for environmental reasons\, flood control\, and the restoration of native species habitats.\n\nRecent local projects have included the demolition of the White Rock Dam on the Pawcatuck River and the removal of the Hyde Pond Dam that sits at the juncture of Stonington\, Ledyard\, and Groton and feeds into Whitford Brook and the Mystic River. A video of this local project was posted on YouTube by Save the Sound and can be seen here: \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7YNOob14sY\n\nThe most recognizable and iconic local dam site is Deans Mill now home to the Mystic branch of the Aquarion Water Company and bearing no semblance of its former life. This site once housed an entire complex of mills owned and operated by the Dean family including a grist mill and two fulling mills. The historic dam stood much further back than its current location and the surrounding grounds were used for outings and picnics until 1922. \n\n \n\nConnecticut's Historic Small Waterways and Dams: 1600-1800 with Karl Asimovic\, Consulting Engineer\n\nThursday\, April 14 at 6 pm at the La Grua Center 32 Water Street Stonington \n\nSponsored by the Stonington Historical Society\n\nThis event is free and open to all\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\nPhoto Attached of Dean's Mill Pond Dam circa 1907 from the Collections of the Woolworth Library and Research Center X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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\nConnecticut&rsquo\;s Historic Small Waterways and Dams: 1600-1800 with Karl \;Asimovic\, Consulting Engineer
\nThursday\, April 14 at 6 pm at the La \;Grua \;Center \; \;32 Water Street \; \;Stonington \;
\nSponsored by the \;Stonington \;Historical Society
\nThis event is free and open to all
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\nConsulting Engineer\, Karl \;Asimovic \;will present \;Connecticut&rsquo\;s Historic Small Waterways and Dams: 1600-1800 \; on Thursday\, April 14 at 6 pm on behalf of the \;Stonington \;Historical Society. \; The timely topic will focus on the deteriorating small mill dams so prevalent in eastern Connecticut and will include historical aspects as they relate to their mill sites along rural streams\, the most common historic functions being sawmills and gristmills. Most of these mills are obsolete if not long gone and the deteriorating condition of their dams has made the restoration or repairs cost prohibitive.
\nKarl \;Asimovic \;is an independent consulting engineer who has worked on historic dams and waterways throughout Connecticut including sites in Preston\, Waterford\, \;Montville\, North \;Stonington\, and \;Ledyard.
\nThere is a current\, coordinated effort among local\, state\, and federal agencies\, including the Nature Conservancy\, aimed at removing these historic dams for environmental reasons\, flood control\, and the restoration of native species habitats.
\nRecent local projects have included the demolition of the White Rock Dam on the \;Pawcatuck \;River and the removal of the Hyde Pond Dam that sits at the juncture of \;Stonington\, \;Ledyard\, and Groton and feeds into \;Whitford \;Brook and the Mystic River. \; A video of this local project was posted on YouTube by Save the Sound and can be seen here: \;
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7YNOob14sY
\nThe most recognizable and iconic local dam site is Deans Mill &ndash\; now home to the Mystic branch of the \; \;Aquarion \;Water Company and bearing no semblance of its former life. \; This site once housed an entire complex of mills owned and operated by the Dean family including a grist mill and two \;fulling \;mills. The historic dam stood much further back than its current location and the surrounding grounds were used for outings and picnics until 1922. \;
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\nConnecticut&rsquo\;s Historic Small Waterways and Dams: 1600-1800 with Karl \;Asimovic\, Consulting Engineer
\nThursday\, April 14 at 6 pm at the La \;Grua \;Center \; 32 Water Street \; \;Stonington \; \;
\nSponsored by the \;Stonington \;Historical Society
\nThis event is free and open to all
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\nPhoto Attached of Dean&rsquo\;s Mill Pond Dam circa 1907 from the Collections of the Woolworth Library and Research Center \;
\n \; LOCATION:La Grua Center 32 Water Street Stonington\, CT UID:e.726.16164 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260407T215543Z URL:https://www.oceanchamber.org/events/details/connecticut-s-historic-small-waterways-and-dams-1600-1800-with-karl-asimovic-consulting-engineer-16164 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR