River/Stream: Shell Rock River
Location: Waverly, Butler County
Latitude: 42.726513
Longitude: -92.470838
Built: 1872, reconstructed 2011
Owner: City of Waverly
Height: 11 feet
Length: 310 feet
Hazards: height, drowning
Warning signs:
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Comments: obvious impoundment. $4.2 million project began in 2010 to replace the existing fixed low head dam with an inflatable rubber bladder dam. The new dam can be lowered during periods of flooding.
Fatalities 2
- May 16, 1973, fireman James Longmuir, boat over dam during a rescue operation for another person who went over the dam in an innertube. (Click here to view a report and photos of the incident.)
- August 9, 1910 - Max Eggleston, fell from narrow ledge into mill race
