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IIN'. A-,S ,TTFnSECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF TNIS PAGE fWhon Data Enteeed)

REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE , READ INSTRUCTIONSR BEFORE COMPLETING FORM

, REPoRT NuMER - ' RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER

MA 00131 _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. TITLE (amdSubtfil) S. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED

Commodore Foods Company Dam INSPECTION REPORT

NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR INSPECTION OF NON-FEDERAL G. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER

DAMS7. AUTHOR(s) B. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMDER~s)

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERSNEW ENGLAND DIVISION

9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS Mo. PROGRAM CELEMENT. PROJECT. TASKAREA A WORK UNIT NUMifERS

It. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 12. REPORT DATE

DEPT. OF THE ARMY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS May 1979NEW ENGLAND DIVISION, NEDED 11. NUMBEROF PAGES

424 TRAPELO ROAD, WALTHAM, MA. 02254 4Q14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME a AOORESS(If diffeent frm CUtellied Office) IS. SECURITY C"ASS. (of this rporl)

UNCLASSIFIEDSti. DZCLASSIFICATIONIDOWNGRADING

SCNEDULE

It. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of N.E. RgIPJ

APPROVAL FOR PUBLIC RELEASE: DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED

17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (ol Ih ellarofi enied In lock 0. Itl diffoenitfm Revet)

IS. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Cover program reads: Phase I Inspection Report, National Dam Inspection Program;however, the official title of the program is: National Program for Inspection ofNon-Federal Dams; use cover date for date of report.

IS. KEY WORDS (Cinuieon r eves ide It neeeowI¢ end 0400010 B Used EMMnb)

DAMS, INSPECTION, DAM SAFETY,Middlesex CountyWestford, Mass.

20. ABSTRACT (Continue as reverse side It 01aeceMe Od 1I111#1 b? blockA Ime r)

It has been found to have a (Ilow hazard potential, The Commodore Foods CompanyDam is of stone masonry construction, approximately 76,5 ft. in length and 16 ft.in height, with a 40 ft. wide overflow spillway. The peak failure outflow isestimated to be 3,300 cfs.

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CONSULTING GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS

HALEY & ALDRICH, INC.238 MAIN STREET -.CAMBRIDGE" MASSACHUSETTS 02142

NARL P. ALDRICH.JR. 6171492.6460THOMAS £ L UA

roMUND G, JO"NsONMARTIN C. MURPNVDAVID E.IHOMPSQN

PETER L.LICIUNTC DRARo &PINNERDOUGLAS G.IF OO 24 May 1979

ALLEN .0I. ATNE File No 4270GAR' .6RItQLE1RIC.ARD A STULGIS

CONSULTANTCNARLES C.LADO

New England DivisionU.S. Army Corps of Engineers424 Trapelo RoadWaltham, MA 02154

Attention: Mr. E.P. Gould, Project Manager

Subject: National Dam Inspectiqq ProgramContract No. DACW33-79 C-0018, Item 4

Gentlemen:

The Commodore Foods Company Dam, Identification No. MA 00131,has been found to have a "low" hazard potential, as a resultof the site visit conducted on 8 March 1979. This findingwas brought to the attention of your Mr. Gary James ofProject Management on 12 March 1979. At his request,this brief letter report documenting the "low" hazardpotential classification of the dam is submitted in lieuof a complete Phase I Investigation report.

The dam is located across Stony Brook, adjacent to aCommodore Foods Company building in Westford, Massachusetts,Middlesex County, as shown on the Location Map, page A-1.A copy of the most recent available state inspection report,dated 9 October 1973, is included herein, page B-1. TheCommodore Foods Company Dam is of stone masonry construction,approximately 76.5 ft. in length and 16 ft. in height,with a 40 ft. wide overflow spillway. Former outlet worksgates and a pipe to the left and right of the spillway areno longer operative.

A "Site Sketch Plan", page C-i, shows the general configura-tion of the project and the direction of view of six photo-graphs taken of the dam, Brookside Road Bridge and StonyBrook on 8 March 1979, pages C-2 through C-4. Measurementsmade at the dam site on the same 4ay are given on pagesD-1 and D-2.

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New England DivisionU.S. Army Corps of Engineers -2- 24 May 1979

Based on Corps of Engineers Guidelines for Estimating DamFailure Hydrographs, and assuming that a failure would occuralong 40 percent of the length of the dam structure, thepeak failure outflow is estimated to be 3,400 cfs. Thedownstream channel capacity, as shown in the attached com-putations, page D-3 and D-4, is more than adequate forthis flow, and no flooding of the channel banks is expectedto occur. A preliminary flood impact analysis of the effecton a pond located about 1,500 ft. downstream of the Brook-side Road Bridge shows that the maximum increase in watersurface level of the pond following entry of the failureflood waters would be about 3 ft. No dwellings areexpected to be flooded as a result of the dam failure.

Therefore, it is considered that the hazard potential atthe Commodore Food Company Dam site is low. Because ofthis finding, the Phase I assessment of the condition ofthe dam was not completed.

Very truly yours,HALEY & ALDRICH, INC.

Peter L. LeCountVice President

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