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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania (15 P) Pages in category "Dams in Pennsylvania" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
All reservoirs in Pennsylvania should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Pennsylvania; See also category Lakes of Pennsylvania
Shamokin Dam: 0: PA: Original low head navigation and canal feeder. Demolished 1904. Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam near Sunbury, Pennsylvania: 8 ft (2.4 m) 0: PA: Shamokin Dam power plant low head dam: 0: PA: Clarks Ferry Dam: 0: PA: Canal for the Wiconisco Canal around the site of Clarks Ferry Bridge. Demolished. Dock Street Dam: 6 ft (1.8 m) 0 ...
The dam consists of a main concrete dam, which is mostly one continuous spillway, with a power house at the eastern end. The water level is raised by wooden flash boards and inflatable dam sections. [3] The western end of the dam has the original, and ineffective, fish ladder. In the mid 1990s, construction started on a fish lift.
Both facilities are named for Alabama Senator John H. Bankhead. The reservoir has a capacity of 296,000 acre-feet (370 million cubic meters), with normal storage of 269,215 acre⋅ft (330 million m 3). The original Bankhead Dam was built in 1915 as the last of an entire navigation system of 17 locks and dams between Mobile and Birmingham. [2]
Completed on June 2, 1966, the dam and reservoir were named for H. Neely Henry, a senior executive vice-president of Alabama Power. The dam has a 72,900 kilowatt generating capacity; the lake covers 11,200 surface acres (45.3 km 2 ) with a total capacity of 129,800 acre-feet (0.1601 km 3 ) and about 339 miles (546 km) of shoreline.
Walter Bouldin Dam is a dam in Elmore County, Alabama. The closest town is Wetumpka . The earthen dam was constructed in 1967 by the Alabama Power Company , with a height of 170 feet (52 m), and a length of 11,178 feet (3,407 m) at its crest. [ 1 ]