Water flow is highest during the spring freshet and lowest in the fall.
The footbridge, constructed in 1938, had a single span, but was destroyed during the spring freshet of 1939, with three lives lost.
Emotion choked Ransden's voice the way ice did streams during the spring freshets.
It is a grand and beautiful sight, the coming down of the waters during one of these spring freshets.
For your benefit, Winstead, that bridge went out with the big spring freshet over a month ago.
The original bridge was heavily damaged by ice and flood waters in the spring freshet of March 1935.
The braid was narrow and spiked with branches that had snapped off in the spring freshet.
During the spring freshet in June and July, the falls could be completely submerged.
The river is known for ice jams during the spring freshet.
It operated as a run of the river hydroelectric plant allowing the spring freshet to pass downstream.