# Freezing Falls

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 25, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/freezing-falls/16461 "2006-08-25T08:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/freezing-falls/16461/21 "2006-08-25T12:54:48Z")

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> [@JaysGreenLX](#):
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> Ah so thats the purpose of the ice boom.

Actually, the ice boom is just to prevent chunks of ice that break off the ice sheet on the lake from getting into the power project intakes. I doesn’t have any effect on ice that would form in the river, like at the falls.

/ice boom lesson. heh

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