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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 ).
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
The lock and fixed-crest dam [3] were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a part of an extensive system of locks and dams to improve navigation along the Allegheny River. C.W. Bill Young Lock and Dam is located about 14.5 Miles up the Allegheny River from the Point in Downtown Pittsburgh.
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.
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 ...
Situated thirty-two miles downstream from the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this lock and dam system has two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that is 600 feet long by 110 feet wide, and the other, which is a recreational auxiliary lock that is 360 feet long by 56 feet wide.
Following is a complete list of the approximately 340 dams owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as of 2008. [ 1 ] The Bureau was established in July 1902 as the "United States Reclamation Service" and was renamed in 1923.
The lands authorized to be acquired consisted of 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) for the dam and reservoir area, 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) for the public access and recreation area, and 2,000 acres (810 ha) for the wildlife mitigation area for a total acreage of 30,000 acres (12,000 ha) at $20,000,000.00 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1974).