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2017

                                                                       Deteriorating dam demolished to
                                                                              improve river quality










                                       1967

                                     Quaker Mill
                                hydroelectric power
                                     plant closes



                                                                   Courtesy of Doug Hawker.








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                       1930s–1960s                                               2017 Plans


               Dam and mill pond promoted as                             Free-flowing Maquoketa River
                     recreation destination

























                                                                   Photo used courtesy of The Cedar Rapids Gazette (partial
                                                                   view shown here).



                        The Prettiest Dam on the Maquoketa River—The Quaker Mill Dam at Manchester, Iowa           5
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