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The Conemaugh River is a 70-mile (110 km) tributary of the Kiskiminetas River in Westmoreland, Indiana, and Cambria counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [2] The name means 'Otter Creek', originating from the Unami-Lenape language word kwənəmuxkw 'otter'.
Conemaugh Dam (also known as Conemaugh River Dam or Conemaugh River Lake Dam) is a concrete gravity dam across the Conemaugh River, near the town of Saltsburg, in Pennsylvania. The dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1936 and completed in 1952 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood protection on the Conemaugh, Kiskiminetas ...
The township name, Conemaugh, originates from the Unami language word meaning “otter” and derives from the Conemaugh River Conemaugh forming part of the township boundary on the south. Saltsburg, so named for the salt wells in the area, incorporated as a borough from part of the township on May 4, 1838.
The Conemaugh Generating Station is a 1,872 MW baseload coal-powered plant located on 1,750 acres (710 ha), across the Conemaugh River from New Florence in Western Pennsylvania. Track 3 of the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh line runs next to the power plant.
The Kiskiminetas River is formed at Saltsburg, on the border between Westmoreland and Indiana counties, by the confluence of the Conemaugh River and Loyalhanna Creek.It flows northwest in a meandering course past Avonmore, Apollo, Vandergrift, Hyde Park and Leechburg.
In a Heritage Conference championship game that came down to the wire, River Valley delivered in the clutch against Conemaugh Township.
Indiana County: Blacklick Township: Submerged Formerly along the banks of the Conemaugh River, submerged under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake after construction of the Conemaugh Dam. [46] Fort Palmer: Westmoreland County: Fairfield Township: 1771 [47] [48] Foster: Indiana County: Conemaugh Township: A coal mining ghost town. [40] Foxtown ...
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