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"Built in the 1840s, the dam once powered a saw mill before creating hydroelectricity for a grist mill built by German immigrant Frederick Graue in 1852."
Hydroelectricity? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the dam powers the wheel, and doesn't produce ANY electricity... especially back in 1852. Does anyone fact check?
Oak Brook dam: 150-year-old dam at center of debate about prese...
Along Salt Creek in west suburban Oak Brook , a dam built more than 150 years ago is at the center of a debate about how to preserve both history and the environment.
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It figures, the enviro entremists want to shut down a 150 year-old grist mill because of a few pike. There is no shortage of pike in Illinois.
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I read this just b/c I thought it read 150 year-old-MAN...
Grist mill? So they did exist! I thought that was just some odd ball figure of speech...this story is packed.... Preservationists vs. ennvironmentalists....thats WWF meets NPR. http://unchbreakchicago.blogspot.com/ |
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So the water wheel can turn. I don't think it needs to.
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THIS STORY NEEDS TO RE CHECK THE FACTS , This waw rebuilt, and their was massive dredging done on it. Who would eat the fish from their any ways.
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THIS STORY NEEDS TO RE CHECK THE FACTS , This was rebuilt, and their was massive dredging done on it about 15 years ago.. Who would eat the fish from their any ways.
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We need to save teh fish wether or not you want to use them for a meal.
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Still Good: http://lunchbreakchicago.blogspot.com/
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