Montgomery Dam

The Montgomery Dam is a gravity dam on the Fox River in Montgomery, Illinois. The dam was built for flood control and navigation in 1969 as a part of the The Stratton project^[1] dam system^[2] which was designed to keep the river navagable from the Wisconsin border to the confluence with the Illinois River. It is owned by Illinois Department Of Natural Resources.

The dam is 7 ft (2.1 m) high and 325 ft (99 m) long. It impounds 131 acre feet (162,000 m³). The Fox River watershed above the Montogmery Dam totals 1,732 square miles (4,490 km²).^[3]

For many years, this dam and the upstream North Avenue Dam set the water levels for the Aurora, Illinois stretch of the Fox River. However, in 2005, the City of Aurora removed the North Avenue Dam, and advocates of a free-flowing river are now seeking removal of the Montgomery Dam as well.^[4]

References

1. ^ Schrader, Tom (Spring 2006). "IDNR to Rebuild Glen Palmer Dam". The Riffle (Friends of the Fox River). http://www.friendsofthefoxriver.org/fofr-newsltr-spring2006.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-25. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Matile, Roger (July 5, 2007). "The evolution of Fox River dam theory". Oswego Ledger Sentinel. http://www.ledgersentinel.com/article.asp?a=6315. Retrieved 2010-02-25. 
3. ^ "IDNR/OWR Stratton Dam Operations". http://dnr.state.il.us/owr/includes/StrattonOperations/content_StrattonOperations3.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-27. 
4. ^ Charlie Zine. "North Avenue Dam Removal". http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/projects/1000466029/. Retrieved 2010-02-27. 

Coordinates: 41°44′01″N 88°20′02″W / 41.73369°N 88.33376°W / 41.73369; -88.33376