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  2. Kinzua Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Kinzua Dam, on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania, is one of the largest dams in the United States east of the Mississippi River. [1] It is located within the Allegheny National Forest. The dam is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Warren, Pennsylvania, along Route 59, within the 500,000-acre (200,000 ha) Allegheny National ...

  3. Allegheny Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    The Allegheny Reservoir is a man-made lake created along the Allegheny River with the construction of the Kinzua Dam in 1965. The dam was authorized by the United States Congress as a flood control measure in the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1938, and was built by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers beginning in 1960.

  4. Allegheny National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The creation of the Allegheny Reservoir when the Kinzua Dam was completed in 1965 brought the most dramatic change to developed recreation on the ANF. Within ten years, a tremendous development program resulted in campgrounds, boat launches, beaches, picnic areas, hiking trails and overlooks around the reservoir shoreline and elsewhere ...

  5. Allegheny National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    The national recreation area is divided into two units, one around Allegheny Reservoir upstream from Kinzua Dam, and another to the south of Warren on the east bank of the Allegheny River. [1] Allegheny National Recreation Area was established by the 1984 Pennsylvania Wilderness Act, Public Law 98-585. [2]

  6. Quaker Lake - Wikipedia

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    There is a state owned carry down launch located in Allegany State Park off NY-280. [2] The state park also offers a swimming area and facilities on the lake. Quaker Lake was constructed in the 1960s, one of the byproducts of the Kinzua Dam construction. A spillway across Route 280 empties the lake into the Allegheny Reservoir.

  7. This 121-year-old landmark was destroyed in seconds

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    The site became a state park in 1970 - known officially as Kinzua Bridge State Park - and was added to the National Register of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks in 1977.

  8. Nearly 100 dams in NY in bad condition, would cause harm if ...

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    Emily Barnes, New York State Team March 6, 2024 at 3:01 AM Over 90 of New York's high hazard dams are in poor condition, with dams in three Hudson Valley counties exhibiting some of the worst ...

  9. List of dams and reservoirs in New York - Wikipedia

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    List of dam removals in New York; List of lakes of New York This page was last edited on 5 September 2023, at 20:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...