Christian Pelletier, left, and Greg Russ, of the White River partnership, monitor the progress as Ben Canonica breaks up Lower Eaton Dam with his excavator on the First Branch of the White River in Royalton, Vt., Friday, July 26, 2019 to restore the river's natural flow. The dam, originally built in the 1920s and damaged by the 1927 flood, then repaired in the 1940s, is the second of two in the former mill village to be removed this month. The dams once powered a sawmill, gristmill and wool carding mill. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Christian Pelletier, left, and Greg Russ, of the White River partnership, monitor the progress as Ben Canonica breaks up Lower Eaton Dam with his excavator on the First Branch of the White River in Royalton, Vt., Friday, July 26, 2019 to restore the river's natural flow. The dam, originally built in the 1920s and damaged by the 1927 flood, then repaired in the 1940s, is the second of two in the former mill village to be removed this month. The dams once powered a sawmill, gristmill and wool carding mill. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: valley news — James M. Patterson