Great Dismal Swamp water control structure

Refuge staff drop steel beams into a vertical culvert to build a wall within a water-filled ditch.

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USFWS

Date Shot/Created

11/09/2023

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Public Domain

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Refuge staff can adjust the amount of water retained by the water control structure by adding or removing steel stop-logs.

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Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

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