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Coffer Dam is Fixed and Water is Flowing Again

Coffer Dam is Fixed and Water is Flowing Again

The Delaware Canal State Park staff moved quickly to fix a collapsed 3ft. X 3ft. sandbag in the Kleinhans Creek Aqueduct coffer dam installation.   Water is again flowing south from Groundhog Lock!    Thank you!!

Kleinhans Aqueduct fix 2

|| May 23, 2016 || Tagged With: Kleinhans Aqueduct, Water ||

Coffer Dam at Kleinhans Aqueduct Breaks

Coffer Dam at Kleinhans Aqueduct Breaks

Water levels in the northern half of the Canal will be down until the coffer dam at the Kleinhans Aqueduct can be repaired.    The Park staff is currently evaluating the situation.

|| May 23, 2016 || Tagged With: Water ||

Lehigh River Water Has Again Reached Its Current Destination

Lehigh River Water Has Again Reached Its Current Destination

The gates that allow Lehigh River water to flow into the Delaware Canal were reopened last Friday.   The Canal has been refilling and flow has reached its current destination, the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area, 29 miles south of Easton.    Thanks to DCNR for allowing pipes to be installed at the failing Kleinhans Aqueduct and thanks to Bi-State Construction for making quick work of it.

|| May 4, 2016 || Tagged With: Water ||

Pipes Are In Place at the Kleinhans Aqueduct

Pipes Are In Place at the Kleinhans Aqueduct

April 27, 2016

Bi-State Construction is in the process of completing the installation of the pipe and coffer dam system that will allow Canal water to flow south through the leaking Kleinhans Aqueduct.  If all goes well, the gates at the Lehigh River  will be opened this afternoon or tomorrow morning, and water will return.

The start of the project.
The start of the project.

|| April 27, 2016 || Tagged With: Water ||

Bi-State Will Start Installing Pipes Tomorrow

Bi-State Will Start Installing Pipes Tomorrow

April 25, 2016

In order to restore the Lehigh River water flow to the south, Bi-State Construction will install coffer dams at either end of the leaking Kleinhans Aqueduct and run three pipes through aqueduct span.    Mobilization has already begun.  Thanks to DCNR for approving this work that will allow  the Canal to be watered while the aqueduct is repaired.

The leaking Kleinhans Aqueduct
The leaking Kleinhans Aqueduct

|| April 25, 2016 || Tagged With: Kleinhans Aqueduct, Water ||

Lehigh River Water Stopped at Virginia Forrest Recreation Area

Lehigh River Water Stopped at Virginia Forrest Recreation Area

Thursday, April 7

The stop gate and waste gate at the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area have been closed by the Park staff.   The Lehigh River water has reached this point, 29 miles south of Easton, and will be stopped here because of the Redfield Bridge construction project a short distance to the south.

The River water level will build to the north while Bi-State Construction replaces the collapsed abutment of the Redfield Bridge.  The original plan was to retain both of the bridge abutments, but when the deteriorated deck was removed, the east abutment developed serious structural cracks.  Work must be done within the Canal prism, so water cannot be run through at this time.

The water level to the north of the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area will rise.
The water level to the north of the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area will rise.
As soon as the east abutment is replaced, the pipes in the Canal prism will carry Lehigh River water south.
As soon as the east abutment is replaced, the pipes in the Canal prism will carry Lehigh River water south.

|| April 7, 2016 || Tagged With: Redfield Bridge, Virginia Forrest Recreation Area, Water ||

The Lehigh River Water is at the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area

The Lehigh River Water is at the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area

April 4, 2016

Last week the Lehigh River water reached Point Pleasant.  Last Sunday it had made its way to Lumberville, and today is just north of the Virginia Forrest Recreation Area.

Looking north from Lock 14 in Point Pleasant
Looking north from Lock 14 in Point Pleasant
Looking south from Lock 12 in Lumberville
Looking south from Lock 12 in Lumberville

|| April 5, 2016 || Tagged With: Lumberville, Point Pleasant, Water ||

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New Hope, PA 18938
Phone: 215.862.2021
Michael Ginder, Executive Director

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