West Fork Beaver River, West Point, OH. Constructed Sept. 2002 Minimal height Bendway Weirs in a gravel-cobble- sand-silt bed stream for thalweg realignment & bank stabilization in the area of an exposed high-pressure pipeline overbend.
Jan 05, 2016
West Fork Beaver River, West Point, OH.
Constructed Sept. 2002
Minimal height Bendway Weirs in a gravel-cobble-sand-silt bed stream for
thalweg realignment & bank stabilization in the area of an exposed
high-pressure pipeline overbend.
Lisbon Inn 40952 State Route 154, Lisbon, OH
Functions of Bendway Weirs on the West Fork Beaver River: Main functions of the BW are to provide bank stabilization within the bend and realign the thalweg through the bend and center the thalweg where the pipeline overbend was exposed by erosion. The pipeline was directly protected with Submar’s patented Articulated Concrete Mattress (ACM) system.
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West Fork of Beaver River
West Point, OH. Pre-project. Looking
US at an eroding outer bank.
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NOTE: We did not build the two upstream Bendway Weirs
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Close-up of Bendway Weirs
Looking DS at three Bendway Weirs, as
constructed Sept 2002
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Pix by derrick 9-2002
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Pix by derrick 9-17-2007
Looking DS at the same 3 Bendway Weirs 5 years after construction. The well graded 18 to 24 inch stone in the BW has
held up well & the outer bank exhibits a flat slope & is stable.
Looking US at two low elevation Bendway Weirs, two years after construction,
05/11/2004. Outer bank is stable
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Five years after construction, 9/17/2007, looking US at the same two
low-elevation Bendway Weirs. Note stable flat sloped vegetated bank.
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Pix by derrick 9-17-2007Close-up of the DS low-elevation Bendway Weir, five years after installation. Weirs are close to invisible!!
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Great aquatic habitat due to the deep pools created by the Bendway Weirs. These pools
were full of high quality fishes, indicating that water quality is excellent. {5 years after project
completion}
Pix by derrick 9-17-2007
WE ARE DOG TIRED, THIS PROJECT IS DONE !!
Cleophus Speed Elvis Derrick