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there have been dams at Benton Falls since 1796. the present dam is now the first dam upstream on the Sebasticook .
Nate Gray stands on the bridge of the latest Benton Falls dam. He’s been doing this a long time. He is the captain of the ship.
lobstermen harvest with nets below the dam. Fresh alewives are lobsters’ favorite food.
past their human predators they move toward the lift attracted by the bubbling water that beckons “this way> upstream.”
The fish are hell bent to find a way upstream. We humans offer a rough and tumble lift, up and over
after the lift they follow the fish in front of them down the trough and through the tubes
Everything Eats Alewives 