The county wants to spend $219,000 to tear down Old Mill Dam on Otter Creek in North Terre Haute. A lot of the locals don't seem to happy about it. My guess is some local politician's cousin must need a job. 
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Old Mill Dam may come down
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bent20
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Saw that. Also see in this article where they say it's because it's dangerous, but the last death there was 13 years ago, so why the push all of a sudden? I'm curious how much would be needed to preserve it and possibly make it safer and protect the county from liability.
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In June 2010, Vigo County recorded its own such fatality.
Twenty-one-year-old Tyler E. Jackson was swept over the Markle Mill Dam after entering the water just a few yards south of the dam. The creek was filled to bank level with fast-flowing water fed by recent heavy rains. It was the first drowning at the dam site since becoming a county park in 1999.
County prepares to remove Markle Mill Dam
With its low head dam at Otter Creek, Markle Mill is listed among Indiana’s “dam dangerous” sites.
In June 2010, Vigo County recorded its own such fatality.
Twenty-one-year-old Tyler E. Jackson was swept over the Markle Mill Dam after entering the water just a few yards south of the dam. The creek was filled to bank level with fast-flowing water fed by recent heavy rains. It was the first drowning at the dam site since becoming a county park in 1999.
BankShot
The Kleuh Level
In '84 a group of localz did a temporary concrete repair to the top of the dam, which didn't hold long. As one who grew up a mile from there (our farm was split in half by Otter Creek), and watched the construction of the CURRENT bridge crossing the creek, I empathize w/ the NTH public. In '61, they forced consolidation upon NTH, forcing the closure of Otter Creek HS and consolidating w/ Garfield, even though a BRAND NEW school had been built SPECIFICALLY for HS. My Dad was on the Advisory Board that built BOTH the new Elementary & HS. That county-wide vote was close, w/ most city TH people supporting the closure. See:
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I'll close by stating that the current adjoining Forest Park owner, Greg Gibson, no doubt is expediting this process. But at the very least, Vigo should provide a small park w/ fishing pier to keep residents long-cherished memories alive. See:
Consolidation changed Vigo County
Sandy Billing spent eight years, from 1953 to 1961, attending Otter Creek School and had hoped to graduate from high school there.Fate—and a countywide consolidation plan—took her elsewhere, to Garfield
I'll close by stating that the current adjoining Forest Park owner, Greg Gibson, no doubt is expediting this process. But at the very least, Vigo should provide a small park w/ fishing pier to keep residents long-cherished memories alive. See:
BankShot
The Kleuh Level
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History restored as new plaque proclaims earlier efforts at Otter Creek schools
When Fred Weaver Jr. walked through the halls of Otter Creek Middle School last summer, he noticed something was missing — a bronze plaque that paid tribute to his late
sycamore tuff
The Wade Level
No more canoeing upstream from the dam. I had better get a few trips in before September.
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The Wade Level
219,000 dollars to tear it down? How much is a few sticks of dynamite? That's how they did it in the westerns.
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BankShot
The Kleuh Level
Wonder if they'll close the "cave," thwarting the curiosity of archeologist wannabe's? Btw, according to the "expert hydrologists," the water level will return to "normal" after the sediment close to the dam erodes. They do anticipate some degree of channel dredging amidst this whole process. There are some good posts on this in the "Markle Mill Dam" link I posted earlier.
Btw, have you launched from the Hasselburger site yet?
BankShot
The Kleuh Level
BankShot
The Kleuh Level
BankShot
The Kleuh Level
sycamore tuff
The Wade Level
No, Can you go upstream from hasselburger or do you have to go toward the river?
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Have they put an official launch site in at Hasselburger now? If you can maneuver your way through downed trees you can go upstream towards the dam from Hasselburger. I have fished from below the dam to Clinton road bridge before....but have never tried the stretch from Clinton road to hasselburger.
Truthfully, Otter Creek rarely ever has enough water to canoe or kayak on (without having to get out and drag your boat). Last year I was feeling very adventurous and kayaked it up to Burnett from Old Mill Dam, but it was pretty much a log jammed disaster once I got up stream from where Sulphur Creek flows into Otter Creek at. I'm also only 150 pounds and when I took a friend who is 180 pounds he couldn't make it through some of the places I could without getting out. I've had better luck with the Big Raccoon in southern Parke County and only go on Otter Creek after Covered Bridge Fest is over when they start draining the lake. If the dam comes down I doubt I'll ever go on Otter Creek again.
BankShot
The Kleuh Level
I don't live in TH anymore, so I'm not privy if they ever completed the Project:
Vigo County public kayak launch site in the works
Kayaking along Otter Creek in Vigo County could become more accessible to the public next year.With the Vigo County Board of Commissioners Tuesday approving a $165,820 engineering design contract for