One of the main contributors to declining herring population in Massachusetts is the large number of dams along rivers. The focus of this project is fish passage design for the Center Falls Dam on the Aberjona River in downtown Winchester. Through the use of hydrologic, hydraulic, and structural analyses the dam was assessed. A fish passage was then designed for a denil passage along with alternative recommended designs for a steeppass fishway to provide a way for river herring to properly spawn upstream of the dam.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Eggleston, Peter
• Guerra, Anthony E.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-122313-134839

Advisor

• Mathisen, Paul P.
• Albano, Leonard D.

Year

• 2013

Date created

• 2013-12-23

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright