August 19,
2005. Workmen preparing to replace part of the bridge that goes
over the Taintor Gates. Notice structure at far right, which shows the
shaft and link chain which drive the lifting mechanism of the flood
gates used to lower the water level. (Photo Courtesy of Blakeslee
Arpaia Chapman, Inc., Branford. Their parent company, C. W.
Blakeslee & Sons built the Stevenson Dam in 1917.)