woolen mills dam

Woolen Mills Dam remnants as seen at 11:04am Sunday, July 31.

Snap: What's left of Woolen Mills Dam

Nearly four years after most of it was removed, the stone block remnants of the Woolen Mills Dam still stand along the Rivanna River in the Woolen Mills neighborhood.

Save the dam for recreation

I enjoyed reading the letter by Dan Sebring concerning the Woolen Mills Dam [April 6: "Cry me a river"], and I agree with him.

Shad v. drinking water

I was astonished to read that there is a proposal to destroy the nearly 200-year-old dam at the Woolen Mills ["Dam demo: Breach at Woolen Mills good for shad," News, March 30]. If anything qualifies for historic preservation, it should be this fine old dam.

Requiem for a dam

The dismantling of the Woolen Mills dam was supposed to go slow. At 10am Wednesday a few blocks were missing, but by 5pm, the midsection of the historic dam was in rubble. Since the dam's demise has become imminent, a steady stream of folks have been hiking down the Rivan

Dam breach drops Rivanna, slowly

About 60 people gathered at Riverview Park this morning to celebrate the partial breaching of the historic Woolen Mills dam, which will be complete in the next two or three days.
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