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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania. 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 ).
All reservoirs in Pennsylvania should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Pennsylvania; See also category Lakes of Pennsylvania
Little Pine Lake (Pennsylvania) Locust Lake ((Long Arm Reservoir)) Adams County ((Long Pine Run Reservoir)) Adams County; Long Pond (Lake Alden) Lower Woods Pond; Loyalhanna Lake; Lyman Run Lake; Mahoning Creek Lake; Marsh Creek Lake; Mauch Chunk Lake; Meadow Grounds Lake; Memorial Lake; Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Reservoir; Mill ...
Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania (15 P) Pages in category "Dams in Pennsylvania" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
The dams slow water, trapping silt and pollutants. Conowingo Dam [1] is credited with preventing much of the silt from Pennsylvania from reaching the Chesapeake Bay. The dam spillways can add oxygen to the water. The down stream side of dams is favored by aquatic birds, possibly because the fish that pass through the dam are a bit stunned.
The dam was built by the Manufacturers Water Company to supply water for the Cambria Iron Company's works in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.Construction began in 1910 [2] [3] and was completed in 1913, creating a reservoir that is roughly five miles long and two miles wide at its widest place, which drains into the Stonycreek River and thence into the Kiski-Conemaugh system.
The York Haven Dam is a low head, run-of-the river, dam and hydroelectric plant that is located on the Susquehanna River in the United States.. This dam is situated 12 miles (19 km) south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the Conewago Falls impounding about 8,000 feet (2,400 m) of the river to the west side of Three Mile Island, where the river drops 19 feet (5.8 m) in 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km).
The lake turns to the south, widening into Ashtabula County, Ohio, and passing through Pymatuning State Park. [7] Below the dam and after returning fully to Pennsylvania, the Shenango flows south-southeastwardly into Mercer County , flowing through Jamestown and Greenville before turning westwardly into Shenango River Lake, [ 7 ] formed in 1965 ...