Coffer dam for Mill City Park project

City Manager Judie Milner and Mill City Park project engineer Mike Harvey stand on Franklin’s Central Street Bridge, overlooking the cofferdam created to build a “standing wave” in the Winnipesaukee River, part of phase one of Mill City Park at Franklin Falls.

The first whitewater park in New England is quickly taking shape in downtown Franklin, with Phase I — which includes a “standing wave” for kayakers and surfers — slated to open in late November.

The park is a public/private partnership between the city of Franklin and the nonprofit Mill City Park at Franklin Falls, whose mission, the group states on its website, is to “Let the Winnipesaukee River repower our community.”

Mill City Park construction

Employees of the Alvin J. Coleman & Son company work in and around a cofferdam in the Winnipesaukee River Tuesday during the construction of Mill City Park at Franklin Falls.

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