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| Rolling Dam |
I would have
liked to see the Paddle Across Rhode Island crew finish the last leg of their
trip, but I didn’t have time. So instead, I stayed local and paddled the section of the Blackstone River from the
Blackstone Gorge to Millville. The water was so low below the Rolling Dam that
I was able to walk across the river by stepping from rock to rock, and I never got my
feet wet.
Upstream from the dam is always a pleasant paddle. I got out of my boat to explore the
railroad bridges at the Triad Bridge site. It is interesting that three railroads decided to cross the
Blackstone River at this site – the Providence & Worcester Railroad, the New
York & New England Railroad and the Grand Trunkline.
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| Millville Rapid |
Just upstream from the Triad Bridge site is the old
Millville Lock – one of only two remaining locks from the 1828 Blackstone
Canal. The other is the Goat HillLock at River Bend Farm.
I continued upstream to the Millville Rapid. The water was low, but the rapid was
runnable. If it wasn’t for a tree
limb blocking the shoot in the second drop, I probably would have tried.
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