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However, by 1920, the system was deemed inadequate for firefighting. It was recommended that the city borrow $97,000 to build a new 200,000 gallon water tower and pumping station, as well as building a nearby dam and improving the distribution system. [3] A bond was approved by voters, and construction of the tower began in June 1921.
Peninsular Dam, Ypsilanti Huron Parkway bridge over Geddes Pond viewed from Gallup Park, Ann Arbor Huron River near downtown Ann Arbor . The Huron River is a 130-mile-long (210 km) [2] river in southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Springfield Township in northern Oakland County and flowing into Lake Erie, as it forms the boundary between present-day Wayne and Monroe counties.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Michigan. 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 ).
Due to environmental contamination, a portion of the river was designated a Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC) under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1987. The designated site includes the lowermost 1.7-mile (2.7 km) portion of the Manistique River downstream of a dam in the city of Manistique, as well as the Manistique harbor at the mouth of the river on Lake Michigan.
Belleville Lake is a fresh water artificial reservoir located mostly within Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] A very small portion extends west into Washtenaw County . [ 2 ] The lake was created from the construction of the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse along the Huron River in 1925.
The Pigeon River, also known as the East Branch Pigeon River, is a 37.9-mile-long (61.0 km) [2] stream in Huron County in the Thumb of the U.S. state of Michigan. The stream rises from the confluence of Appin and Livingston drains [1] in southern Sheridan Township. It flows north and west to empty into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in Caseville [1]
Lake Templene is a 900-acre (360 ha) artificial lake in St. Joseph County, Michigan. It was created in the early 1970s by damming the Prairie River . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Grand River (Ottawa: owashtanong, "Far-Flowing Water") [3] [4] is a 252-mile-long (406 km) river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The longest river in Michigan, [5] the Grand River rises in Hillsdale County, and flows in a generally northwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan in the city of Grand Haven.