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April 13, 2006

Photo: Steel wall picks up slack at this dam

Journal photo / Bill Murphy

State and local officials traveled to the Slack Reservoir Dam in Greenville this morning to mark repair work at the structure. During a press conference, the final steel sheet was driven into place to complete a retaining wall designed to reduce water seepage.

Repairs had been delayed for a decade as homeowners who own the dam struggled to raise the money to fix it.

The Slack Reservoir Dam was one of five high-hazard dams that state officials declared unsafe. Dams are classified as high hazard if their failure could result in the loss of life or a significant amount of property.

Because much of the repairs are complete, the Department of Environmental Management is removing the Slack Reservoir Dam from its unsafe list.

The dam separates the towns of Johnston and Smithfield.

-- With Associated Press reports

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