Celanese/Warrior Run Dam Removal

Project Manager: Joe Humbertson
Client: The Allegany Soil Conservation District
Completion Date: December 12, 2008
Original Contract Amount: $131,850.00
Duration: October 14, 2008 to December 12, 2008 – 60 calendar days

The Allegany Soil Conservation District contracted Environmental Quality Resources, LLC to remove two dams on the site of the defunct Celanese Manufacturing Plant, in the vicinity of the North Branch of the Potomac River, upstream from Cumberland, near Cresaptown in Allegany County, Maryland.

The removal of the Celanese Dam, which spanned the Potomac River, required the excavation of nearly 1000 cubic yards of rock rip-rap and the creation of eight fish habitat structures in its place. A second site, along Warrior Run required the removal of a concrete dam, and the restoration of 350 linear feet of stream channel which included the installation of six rock cross vanes, grading, and native plantings.