List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania
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 m3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre feet (31,000,000 m3).[1]
Dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania
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- Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam, Lake Augusta, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 2, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 3, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 4, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 5, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 6, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 7, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 8, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 9, USACE
- Austin Dam (Bayliss Dam), unnamed reservoir, privately owned (failed 1911)
- Beaver Run Dam, Beaver Run Reservoir, Municipal Authority Of Westmoreland County
- Beltzville Dam, Beltzville Lake, USACE
- Braddock Locks & Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Charleroi Locks & Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Conemaugh Dam, Conemaugh River Lake, USACE
- Crooked Creek Dam, Crooked Creek Lake, United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Curwensville Dam, Curwensville Lake, USACE
- Dashields Locks and Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Ohio River, USACE
- Davis Island Lock and Dam Site, unnamed reservoir on the Ohio River, USACE (abandoned)
- Dock Street Dam, on the Susquehanna River, City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Elizabeth Locks & Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Emsworth Locks and Dams, unnamed reservoir on the Ohio River, USACE
- Francis E. Walter Dam, Francis E. Walter Reservoir, USACE
- Grays Landing Lock & Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
- H. A. Stewart Dam, Latrobe Reservoir, City of Latrobe, Pennsylvania
- Holtwood Dam, Lake Aldred, Pennsylvania Power and Light
- Kinzua Dam, Allegheny Reservoir, USACE
- Lake Arthur Dam, Lake Arthur, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Laurel Run Dam, Laurel Run Reservoir, Johnstown Water Authority (failed)
- Mahoning Creek Dam, Mahoning Creek Lake, USACE
- Maxwell Lock & Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Meadow Run Dam in Bear Creek, privately owned
- Montgomery Island Locks and Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Ohio River, USACE
- Mountain Lake Dam in Bear Creek, privately owned
- Nockamixon Dam, Lake Nockamixon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Point Marion Lock and Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Quemahoning Dam, Quemahoning Reservoir, Cambria Somerset Authority
- Raystown Dam, Raystown Lake, USACE
- Safe Harbor Dam, Lake Clarke, Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation
- Shenango Dam, Shenango River Lake, USACE
- South Fork Dam, failed in 1889 causing the Johnstown Flood, privately owned
- Wallenpaupack Dam, Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania Power and Light
- Warrior Ridge Dam and Hydroelectric Plant, unnamed reservoir, privately owned
- Wrightsville Dam, unnamed reservoir (demolished)
- York Haven Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Susquehanna River, FirstEnergy
- Youghiogheny Dam, Youghiogheny River Lake, USACE
References
- ↑ "Major Dams of the United States". National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
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