In the summer of 2000, the Cornell Plantations dredged Beebe Lake to remove a silt barrier which had formed at the entrance the lake (just west of the stone bridge).
Exposed silt barrier, view from stone bridge (JPC)
The dry Beebe Lake from northwest (JPC)
John and Pat Clark (JPC) and Kristin Poduska and Erika Merschrod (KPEM) took photos of the dredging process and the dredged lake.
Gulls (KPEM)
Beebe Lake from southeast (KPEM)
The lake was more accessible for a walk! (KPEM)
But the waterfall below Beebe Lake was not completely dry (KPEM)
Auger used to drill the hole to allow a chilled water line to pass under the lake to North Campus. (KPEM)