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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.
Meadow Grounds Lake was completed in June of 1964 [1] and is a 204-acre reservoir located within State Game Lands 53 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The dam and lake areas are leased to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The dam was designed and built by the PFBC and construction of the dam was ...
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 lake covers 1,900 acres (770 ha) [2] and the waste in the lake is prevented from escaping thanks to a 400-foot (120 m) tall, 2,200-foot (670 m) wide rock-and-earth dam. [3] The dam containing Little Blue Run Lake has been given a designation of "high hazard", meaning, there would be harm or loss of life if the structure were to fail.
Maxwell Lock and Dam is a navigational lock and gated dam on the Monongahela River between Centerville in Washington County, and Luzerne Township in Fayette County in Pennsylvania. It is part of a series of dams that canalizes the Monongahela to a depth of at least 9 feet (2.7 m) for its entire length from Fairmont , West Virginia to Pittsburgh ...
Dec. 17—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The reservoir behind North Fork Dam, across the North Fork of Bens Creek, is the primary source of domestic water supply for Greater Johnstown. The 1930s dam also ...
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.