CHICOPEE FALLS DAM

The 'Chicopee Falls Dam' is a dam that parallels Route 33 (Bridge Street) in Chicopee. This dam is a 10-foot (3.05 m) high masonry stone dam that was constructed in the late 1800s. It is currently owned by the City of Chicopee. It impounds the waters of the Chicopee River at Chicopee Falls, to form the Chicopee Reservoir. This is the third to last dam on the Chicopee River before it empties into the Connecticut River just north of Springfield. This Dam is part of the Chicopee River Watershed.
Flash-boards have been installed to raise the level of the impoundment above the original height of the dam. Therefore, the effective height of this dam is greater than the 10 feet (3.05 m) shown in its specifications.

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Other dams

There are four other dams on this segment of the Chicopee River: Just downstream from the Chicopee Falls dam is Dwight Dam, located off Grape St. in Chicopee. The next dam upstream is the Indian Orchard Dam north of Route 141 adjacent to an old mill on Front Street. Putts Bridge Dam at Route 21 between Ludlow and the Indian Orchard section of Springfield, and The Putts Bridge Dam was constructed in 1918 as a concrete gravity structure. It rises 22 ft (6.7 m) from the bed of the Chicopee River. The Indian Orchard Dam is a cut stone dam with 28 ft (8.53 m) of height above the river. Each of these dams generate hydroelectric power. The Dwight Dam is cut stone with height of 15ft.
There is the remnants of the Ames Sword Company Dam, just downstream from Dwight Dam, this is the last dam on the Chicopee River before it empties into the Connecticut.

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★ Massachusetts water resources