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The Mount Morris Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Genesee River.It is located at the northern end of Letchworth State Park, south of Rochester, New York in the towns of Leicester and Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York.
The Mount Morris Dam is the largest flood control device of its kind (concrete gravity) east of the Mississippi River. It is 1,028 feet (313 m) in length and rises 230 feet (70 m) from the riverbed. [15] The dam proved its worth during the Flood of 1972, saving thousands of acres of farmland and the city of Rochester from flooding.
Mount Morris is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,465 at the 2010 census. [ 3 ] The town and village were named after Robert Morris , an 18th Century slave trader and Founding Father of the United States.
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The pre-ice age eastern branch of the Genesee runs south of Mount Morris and was completely diverted by extensive terminal moraines in Livingston County with a key blocking dam just south of Dansville, so most of the upper section of the ancient river was diverted instead to fall the off Appalachian Plateau toward the Susquehanna River system ...
Mount Morris is a village in the town of Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York, United States. The village population was 2,986 at the 2010 census, [ 2 ] out of 4,465 in the entire town. The village and town are named after Robert Morris .
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Mount Morris Dam: 1952 Leicester–Mt. Morris (town) (Letchworth State Park: Genesee Valley Greenway pedestrian bridge 2012 [32] Genesee Valley Greenway Uses old Pennsylvania Railroad pilings (1881–1963) Possible old Genesee Valley Canal aqueduct pilings (1840–1878)