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The Lake Raystown Program of Dedication relates the significance of the Tropical Storm Agnes and the Lake Raystown Dam by noting, "The partially completed Raystown Lake Project was effective in storing 160,000 acre-feet (200,000,000 m 3) of flood water (ultimate flood control storage is 248,000 acre-feet (306,000,000 m 3)) during the June 1972 ...
The town site was inundated by the creation of Raystown Lake. Aitch Boat Launch retains the name. [2] A post office called Aitch was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1973. [3] The villages Zip Code was 16610. The community's name is an acronym of names of first settlers, namely Aumen, Isett, Tom Enyeart, Crum, and Haffley. [4]
Milford Mills, flooded by creation of Marsh Creek Lake; Social Hall, under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake. [32] Somerfield, under the waters of Youghiogheny River Lake. [35] Straight, under the waters of East Branch Lake. [36] Tohickon, flooded by the creation of Lake Nockamixon [37] Wilsonville, flooded to create Lake Wallenpaupack
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Lake Wallenpaupack (/ ˌ w ɒ l ɪ n ˈ p ɔː p æ k /) is a reservoir in Northeastern Pennsylvania. After Raystown Lake, it is the second-largest lake contained entirely in Pennsylvania. It comprises 52 miles (84 kilometers) of shoreline, with a length of 13 miles (21 kilometers) and a maximum depth of 60 feet (18 meters), and has a surface ...
Before 1957, it had overflowed its banks and caused major flooding nine times since 1908. ... s watershed and other low-lying areas, it also caused dams to break at St. Clair Lake near 17th and ...
Then my phone rang at 9:00 with the school superintendent’s auto-message: rural students were being bused home before the Dog River floods. All area schools were closed before the clock struck noon.
In the 1970s, the Raystown Lake Dam was built to control the flood waters on the Juniata River. Through eminent domain, all of the families who lived in the valley of the Raystown Branch and on surrounding mountain ridges were removed.