Membership Newsletter June 2023 /Annual Membership drive chemo pond lake association The CPLA email address is: chemopondla@gmail.com Annual Meeting: July 8, 2023 Eddington Town Office 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Hot dogs and refreshments served Things are greening up and boats are on the lake again. And the loons have been providing quite a “concert” […]
Thanks to Pete Roach, Chemo Pond hosted its first ever concert “on the pond.” Pete hired the band, Just Us, to entertain the residents on Chemo Pond. He purchased a pontoon boat deck for the band to perform on. The band was great, a mix of country, rock, and classics. The crowd gathered on their […]
The fishing derby this year was a great success. We awarded over $1400 in prize money for the longest pickerel, bass and crappie. In addition, we gave out about $1000 in prizes for the raffle. Winners are posted on the Chemoponders Facebook page. Food was provided by Sheila’s Maine Treats. We would like to thank […]
Membership Newsletter June 2023 /Annual Membership drive chemo pond lake association The CPLA email address is: chemopondla@gmail.com Annual Meeting: July 8, 2023 Eddington Town Office 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Hot dogs and refreshments served Things are greening up and boats are on the lake again. And the loons have been providing quite a “concert” […]
The sandbags have been removed and the heavy equipment is gone. There is water flowing over the rock weir and through the new crib on its way to the Penobscot River. The top of the rock weir is approximately 125.6 ft. above sea level. It should hold back water in Chemo Pond to the same […]
As of this past weekend, most of the construction appears to be done. The spillway is complete, part of the roll dam has been removed and just the sandbags are left at the left spillway. The following photos show the completed crib, spillway and rock weir plus a couple of photos up at the roll […]
In these photos and video, we see the completion of the crib replacement in the left spillway. Walls were built both upstream and downstream from the old portion of the dam to the new concrete drib then stone was filled in between the walls. On the upstream side, mortared stone was placed to help seal […]
Construction continues replacing the left spillway in the dam at Leonard’s Mill. The footings were poured earlier this week (see the first video). The construction crew worked into the night on Thursday placing rebar, forms, and pouring the concrete for the sides and top of the spillway (see the second video). The photos are from […]
Here are some more photos of the ongoing dam construction at Leonard’s Mill from October 17-23. They show the removal of the rotting wooden crib and reinforcement of the coffer dam. There are tons of water flowing through the dam right now. The coffer dam had to be reinforced to hold back the additional 7 […]
