03-08-2007, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JayDV
Is it possible the lake was more than 4 ft lower?
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From another thread;
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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
Before man dammed the falls at Lakeport over a 150 years ago, the level was more than three to five feet below the present. Prior to 1832 the Weirs channel was ' a shallow way, and a short "river", before the advent of down stream damming,. of about a three foot drop over a possible width of 150 feet, until the 1803 bridge was built.
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