The existing stream outlet is unnaturally mechanical and discourages a healthy biological connection to Portage Lake. The outlet cannot be seen from the waterway side of the coal dock.
| A close up view of the outlet structure during high spring flows. Notice the exposed geo-textile and the yellow city road block located over a sink hole in the bank. | A sinkhole that forms near the outlet structure for Huron Creek is the result of subsurface soil loss from around the old coal dock. Sinkholes are an annual occurrence and are regularly filled with mine rock. |
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| John Gaffney (2007) | John Gaffney (2007) |
A cross-section through the old coal dock of the outlet structure for Huron Creek. Notice the fill plan and pipe details.
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