History
The Spoonville dam, built in the 19th century, just below the Tariffville Gorge in East Granby, was breached in the flood of 1955, and still remains as a partial dam in 2010, although there are discussions to remove the remaining portion of the dam. The dam, as well as the bridge crossing the Farmington River downstream at Route 187, got its name from the silver plating factory erected in 1840 on the north bank of the river. It was the first factory of its kind in the United States.
In both October 2005 and May 2006, heavy rains deluged the Farmington River Valley and the Farmington rose to flood numerous forests and fields near the towns of Simsbury and East Granby. The river was so high in October 2005, that the river flowed over an old broken dam on the East Granby-Tariffville border.
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