Demolition of the 81-year-old Estabrook Park dam on the Milwaukee River is underway. After more than 10 years of anger-filled disputes over repairing or removing the deteriorated dam — and ...

Demolition of the deteriorated Estabrook Park dam on the Milwaukee River could begin in late December now that the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has received $2 million in federal funds ...

The Estabrook Dam is one step closer to demolition ... to take ownership of the dam from Milwaukee County, rezone it from park land and sell it to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District ...

Commemorative plaque in Estabrook Park. Milwaukee County Board Chairman Theodore Lipscomb says many people don’t realize the dam has restored the Milwaukee River upstream to its more natural state.

Repairs to the dam would include a new fish passage, which DNR officials said would address one key concern. Estabrook Park Dam "The fish ladder`s the biggest thing as part of the repair.