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The dam forms Griggs Reservoir, which is a major source of drinking water for the city of Columbus. Named after the city's chief engineer, Julian Griggs, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the dam was completed in 1905 at a cost of $700,000 and was the first major reservoir in the Columbus area.
The O'Shaughnessy Dam is located on the Scioto River near Dublin, Ohio, United States. The dam forms O'Shaughnessy Reservoir, which is a major source of drinking water for the city of Columbus . It was completed in 1925 following recommendations of then superintendent Jerry O'Shaughnessy (for whom the dam was named).
Alum Creek Dam was constructed between 1970 and 1974 on Alum Creek, a tributary of Big Walnut Creek, which drains into the Scioto River.The dam is a rolled earth-fill embankment 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in length with a maximum height of 93 ft (28 m).
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Located near Germantown, Germantown Dam regulates the flow of Twin Creek into the Great Miami River. It consists of 865,000 cubic yards (661,000 m 3) of earth, is 100 feet (30 m) high and 1,210 feet (370 m) wide. The dam can contain 73,000 acre-feet (90,000,000 m 3) of flood water over 2,950 acres (11.9 km 2) (12 km²). It was constructed in 1920.
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) is a political subdivision of the State of Ohio organized in 1933 to develop and implement a plan for flood reduction and water conservation in the Muskingum River watershed, the state's largest wholly contained watershed, covering more than 8,000 square miles (21,000 km 2). Since the original ...
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Location: Harrison County, Ohio: Coordinates: reservoir; [1 dam [2]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Brushy Fork - source 3]: Primary outflows: Brushy Fork - mouth, Elevation: 860 feet (260 m) [3]: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 10 miles (16 km) [1]: Surface area: 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2) [4]: Shore length 1: 43 miles (69 km) [5]: Surface elevation: 898 feet (274 m) [2]: 1 Shore ...