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The dam was constructed by the State of New York and completed in 1915 for the purpose of supplying water to the enlarged canal. Hinckley Reservoir was located at its present site primarily because of its proximity to the canal and its elevation above the canal. The dam is 3,700 feet long, mainly an earthen structure with a concrete core wall.
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a 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).
The 50,000-acre, man-made fishing hole known as Lake Murray is known throughout the state for its striped bass. It has produced record-setting white bass, white perch, white crappie, and white ...
According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the new dam and locks will reduce passage time to under one hour with the new system. [citation needed] Due to queuing at Lock and Dam Number 52 and Lock and Dam Number 53, it can take cargo traffic 15 to 20 hours each to transit the locks the Olmsted complex is intended to replace. [6]
Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) (4 P) Pages in category "Dams in New York (state)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Lock and Dam 53 was the 20th lock and dam upstream from the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River.It was located 962 miles downstream from Pittsburgh.Lock and Dam 53 had two locks for commercial barge traffic, one that was 1,200 feet long by 110 feet wide, the other 600 feet long by 110 feet wide.
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