Atlantic Mills Fish Ladder at Riverside Park - Providence, Rhode Island - Fish Ladders on Waymarking.com

Riverside Park in Olneyville has one of five fish passages at dams on the Woonasquatucket River as it flows between Johnston and Providence, Rhode Island. It allows tens of thousands of herring each year to migrate upstream and spawn and eels to return to the Sargasso Sea for breeding.

Atlantic Mills Fish Ladder – Completed 2009

The Atlantic Mills is at the next dam upriver from Paragon Mills at what is now known as Riverside Park, on Aleppo Street in Providence. This Denil fish ladder, a type of fishway, presented a complex problem, both because of the height of the dam and because of a major gas line that cut through the project site. Because it sits in a city park, this is a great fish ladder for the public to visit. You can walk on a grate directly above the fish ladder and look down into it, seeing how it actually works!

Source: Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Visiting the fish ladder is easy from within Riverside Park. It's at the southern tip of the property, along a flat path, and just about a 150 yards from the parking lot.

River/Waterway: Woonasquatucket River

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Please share a self-made picture of the Fish Ladder and tell us something about it. Did you see any fishes? You do not have to be in the picture, neither does your GPSr.

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