Last month I wrote something about the barbed wire fence along the Albany Santiam Canal north of Queen Avenue. The bike took me by there again last week for another look.
About new fencing on Santiam Canal
Written June 20th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
A line of new fence posts drew my attention this week along a section of the Albany-Santiam Canal. It brought to mind the stories I did six years ago about this very spot.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 12th avenue, barbed wire, fencing, FERC, Insurance, Jim Ketter, Santiam Canal
Tags: 12th avenue, barbed wire, fencing, FERC, Insurance, Jim Ketter, Santiam Canal
Water plan: Study replacing Vine Street plant
Written June 3rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Readers of Albany’s proposed water master plan may get the feeling that the city’s historic water and electric plant on Vine Street is not long for this world.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany hydro, Albany water, Santiam Canal, Vine Street treatment plant
Tags: Albany hydro, Albany water, Santiam Canal, Vine Street treatment plant
Canal crash rescue: Here’s what happened
Written February 15th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
We now have an account of what happened when a car with three people inside crashed through the fence at Third Avenue and Vine Street and landed upside down in the Santiam Canal.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Fire and Rescue, Albany police, crash, first responders, rescue, Santiam Canal
Tags: Albany Fire and Rescue, Albany police, crash, first responders, rescue, Santiam Canal
A crash into canal; no effect on city water
Written February 13th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
On Tuesday the end of the Santiam Canal at Third Avenue bore the signs of a car crash into the canal. I stopped the bike to take a look, but details of the accident remain scarce.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: car crash, hydropower, Santiam Canal, Superbowl weekend, surviving crash, water treatment
Tags: car crash, hydropower, Santiam Canal, Superbowl weekend, surviving crash, water treatment
Muddy streams and the future of dams
Written November 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
The source of Albany’s drinking water continues to carry a lot of sediment or mud, but so far the stuff coming out of our taps is just as clear as always.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany water, Corps of Engineers, drinking water, fish runs, Green Peter Reservoir, Santiam Canal
Tags: Albany water, Corps of Engineers, drinking water, fish runs, Green Peter Reservoir, Santiam Canal
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Canal shows effect of reservoir drawdown
Once again this fall, we’re seeing one result of the deep drawdown of Green Peter Reservoir: Very turbid water in the Albany Santiam Canal.
Tags: Corps of Engineers, drawdown, Green Peter Reservoir, juvenile salmon, Santiam Canal, South Santiam River, USACE