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Rochester Dam. Rochester Dam is a lock and dam located on the Green River near Rochester, Kentucky, United States. Also known as "Green River Dam No. 3," it was built in 1838, and is managed by the Rochester Dam Regional Water Commission. The dam creates a pool that supplies water to several nearby cities and communities. [1] [2] [3]
The 384-mile-long (618 km) Green River, an important transportation artery for the coal industry, is open to traffic up to the closed Lock and Dam #3 (known as the Rochester Dam) at mile 108.5. In 2019, plans were underway at Lock and Dam #3 to repair the dam and potentially raise the slack water pool held behind it by as much as three feet.
Rochester Dam (Lock and Dam No. 3) Rochester Rochester Ferry: KY 369: Rochester Butler-Ohio County line Reeds Ferry KY 269: Logansport: Natcher Parkway Bridge I-165: Logansport and Cromwell: Morgantown Bridge US 231 / KY 70 / KY 79: Morgantown and Aberdeen: Lock and Dam No. 4 Woodbury: Glenmore Bridge KY 185: Glenmore and Reedyville Butler ...
Kentucky Route 369 leaves Rochester to the north, crossing the Green River by the Rochester Ferry and leading north 14 miles (23 km) to Beaver Dam. Rochester Dam is located along the Green River just west of Rochester. According to the United States Census Bureau, Rochester has a total area of 0.50 square miles (1.3 km 2), of which 0.027 square ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky.. 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 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
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As railroads became more important economically, the county compensated by building a series of roads to major trade centers such as U.S. 231 connecting Beaver Dam with Owensboro. Green River was eventually closed to traffic after Woodbury's Lock and Dam Number 4 washed out in 1965 and Rochester's Lock and Dam Number 3 was abandoned by the ...
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