Blackwater Dam

Blackwater Dam and Lake
For the dam and lake in Scotland, see Blackwater Reservoir

Blackwater Dam is a dam in the town of Webster, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

The earthen dam was constructed in 1941 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 69 feet (21 m) and 1,150 feet (350 m) long at its crest.[1] It impounds the Blackwater River for flood control and storm water management as one of five related projects in the Merrimack River basin.[2] The dam is owned and operated by the New England District, North Atlantic Division, Army Corps of Engineers.

The seasonal flood-control reservoir created by the dam has a maximum capacity of 93,400 acre-feet, but is normally dry, apart from the normal flow of the Blackwater. The site includes 8 miles (13 km) of river popular for canoeing and kayaking, and fishing for brown and rainbow trout.

References

  1. ↑ http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=NH00001
  2. ↑ http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/bwd/bwdfc.htm

Coordinates: 43°18′58″N 71°43′19″W / 43.31620°N 71.72202°W