Five Channels Dam adds some muscle

The Bay City Times is reporting that Five Channels Dam is undergoing an upgrade.

For 92 years, Five Channels Dam has funneled the Au Sable RIver through its turbines to generate electricity. Now, a $350,000 project is under way to keep the Iosco County hydroelectric dam in tip-top shape.

Consumers Energy is injecting concrete columns into a 500-foot-long earthen embankment that pools the water entering Five Channels Dam. The concrete is shoring up a framework of old buried logs that have supported the embankment since 1912.

Five Channels Dam can be seen at the bridge on highway M-65.