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Curwensville was named for John Curwen in 1799. Once the Borough was established and local government formed, many improvements were made to this country village, including sidewalks being laid on Filbert, Thompson, and Pine Streets in May 1855, the first bridge constructed in the borough in 1870, and in 1890 the first water system was established.
The program's purpose was to replace the system of outdated wicket dams and small locks. The new dams were non-navigable and made of concrete and steel. Each dam has two adjoining locks, one 600-foot by 110-foot chamber, and a 1,200-foot by 110-foot chamber to accommodate fifteen barges that can lock through in one maneuver.
The reservoir, Curwensville Lake, has a storage capacity of 124,200 acre-foot (153,000,000 m 3) at spillway crest and extends 14 miles (23 km) upstream when filled to that level. The project controls a drainage area of 365 square miles (950 km 2) or 98 percent of the West Branch at Curwensville and 75 percent at Clearfield, PA.
Pennsylvania Route 453 (PA 453) is a 43.8-mile-long (70.5 km) state highway located in Huntingdon, Blair, and Clearfield counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Water Street; the northern terminus is at PA 879 in Curwensville.
The Curwensville Area School District is a small, rural, public school district. It serves the residents of the Boroughs of Curwensville and Grampian and Ferguson Township, Greenwood Township, Penn Township and Pike Township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Curwensville Area School District encompasses approximately 115 square miles (300 km ...
Curwensville Lake is a reservoir [1] [failed verification] located just to the south of the town of Curwensville, Pennsylvania.The lake was formed due to the construction of the Curwensville Dam to the north of the lake.
Curwensville Area Junior/Senior High School is a public high school located in the borough of Curwensville, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves students from most of south central Clearfield County. The school is part of the Curwensville Area School District. In the 2018–2019 school year there ere 480 students at the school. [1]
Hogback Bridge was an historic Pennsylvania (Petit) truss bridge located in Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1893 by the King Bridge Company. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is now torn down. [1]