Franklin is not like a lot of New England communities where the rivers running through the city/town have been dammed and once upon a time used to generate electrical power.
"As the turbid currents of the Hoosic River tumble over his backyard dam, a century-old barrier of concrete and limestone, Ken Egnaczak sees a cascade of lost opportunity.
Day after day, the water flows by without generating even a spark.
“It’s such a waste,” he said.
As the state seeks new sources of clean energy to replace power lost from the closures of nuclear and oil-fired plants, the retired mechanical engineer sees promise in the unharnessed power on his property, and at the nearly 3,000 other unused dams across the state."
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| Ken Egnaczak sat on a wall by the small backyard dam that he is trying to get approval to repower. (photo credit - MATTHEW CAVANAUGH FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE) |
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/05/14/state-and-towns-looking-tapping-into-hydropower/DzhV2W1YHJwHX38GrEJueI/story.html
I ride along the Blackstone River Bikeway several times a year and there are many dams along the Blackstone River that could generate electrical power.
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| comparison of water flow at the Pratt Dam along the Blackstone River |
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_sherlock/albums/72157622053236460/with/4485646180/
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