Station operated in cooperation with the Town of
Weymouth.
FLOOD BY-PASS SIPHON INFORMATION--The flood
by-pass system includes four siphon openings located at Iron Hill Pond
Dam which are designed to by-pass flood flows around the Iron Hill Pond
Dam fish ladder directly to the flood by-pass system. By-pass flood
flows discharge to the inter-tidal zone downstream of Jackson Square.
The following list shows the bottom elevations for each set of four
siphon openings. Siphon Unit 2 is the first unit to by-pass flood
flows.
Iron Hill Pond Dam--flows by-pass Iron Hill Pond fish ladder and enter
flood by-pass system when Iron Hill Pond elevation exceeds the
following siphon inlet elevations (Town of Weymouth Datum, in
feet):
Siphon Unit 2 |
65.25 |
Siphon Unit 3 |
65.35 |
Siphon Unit 1 |
65.45 |
Siphon Unit 4 |
65.55 |