Great East Lake Dam 241.14 in Wakefield

This dam is constructed across the dredged outlet channel of Great East Lake in the Salmon Falls River WatelShed 5.3 miles upstream of Milton Mills
Great East Lake is the source of the Salmon Falls River which forms the lower boundary between New Hampshire and Maine
The dam is 68 ft long, 15 feet high oonaele structure
There are two 20.50 ft wide spillways with 2 feet of freeboard to the top of the dam
There is one 6’w x 7’h sluice gate with sloplogs upstream of the gate
The drainage area is 16 square miles
The lakes surface areas is 1,800 acres
The length of the inpoundment is approximately 3.8 miles
The downstream channel is a stone lined channel 1,800 feet long with a 13 foot bottom width and 10 feel high banks which was purportedly built with civil war labor
Takes approximately 6.10 inches of runoff to fill the 3 foot drawdown
One inch of runoff raises the lake by approxmatefy 5.4 inches
Snow samples are taken throughout the winter to help determine the estimate rate of refill
If the dam were to fail the lake would drop by approximately 20 vertical feet