Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Israel River Ice Control Structure, Lancaster, NH

• Main Authors: Vuyovich, Carrie M., White, Kathleen D.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE FORMATION; *JAMMING; *ICE BREAKUP; MAINTENANCE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; ICE; RIVERS; FLOODING; FLOODS; ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; SAFETY; REDUCTION; DAMAGE; STRUCTURES; ISRAEL RIVER(NEW HAMPSHIRE); Weir; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA442900; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA442900

The Israel River in Lancaster NH. has experienced numerous significant ice jams. In 1981 the New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed an ice control structure (ICS) located about 0.5 miles upstream from the center of town. The 9-ft-high concrete-capped gabion weir was desig...