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Springfield City Councilors Praise Project To Repair Hazardous Dam, Preserve Lake

A large lake in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts will be drawn down starting this fall to allow for repairs to a dam that state inspectors have categorized as “High Hazard.â€� 

Watershops Pond, also known as Lake Massasoit, which covers about 186 acres and has seven miles of shoreline, will be drawn down to about 20 acres with a depth of no more than four-feet as a prelude to a $2.5 million project to repair the 160-year old Watershops dam.

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