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The Delaware State Park Reservoir, also known as Delaware Lake, was constructed along the Olentangy River in 1951. The reservoir is located 5 miles north of the city of Delaware, and was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control purposes. On 13 January 2005, Delaware Dam was nearly overtopped.
The site is located on a 20-hectare (50-acre) parcel immediately north of the Chemical Abstracts Service campus along the banks of the Olentangy River. The research park creation and development has been led by Professor William J. Mitsch , who received the 2004 Stockholm Water Prize , partially because of his development of this research park.
The state park's 677 acres (274 ha) include six miles (9.7 km) of hiking trails, ruins of lime kilns and quarrying operations, sand beach, and campground. The park was established in 1956. [ 2 ]
The Olentangy Trail, also known as the Olentangy Greenway Trail is a 13.6-mile multi-use greenway trail in Columbus, Ohio, United States. [1] The route is along the banks of the Olentangy River . The trail connects the Scioto Greenway Trail in downtown Columbus with Worthington Hills Park in Worthington, Ohio .
Olentangy West is a neighborhood approximately 5 miles (8 km) northwest of downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. Also called West Olentangy, it is generally bordered by West Henderson Road on the north, the Olentangy River and Clintonville on the east, Kinnear Road on the south, and Upper Arlington on the west. [ 1 ]
Paint Creek State Park is a 5,652-acre (2,287 ha) public recreation area located in Highland and Ross counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.The state park's central feature is a reservoir, 1,148-acre (465 ha) Paint Creek Lake, [2] which was created by the damming of Paint Creek.
Construction of the dam was authorized by the United States Congress as part of the Flood Control Act of 1962. Dam construction began in 1970 and was completed in 1974 with the establishment of Alum Creek State Park. [2] The building of Alum Creek Dam created Alum Creek Lake, the body of water that Alum Creek State Park is adjacent to. [4]
Olentangy is an unincorporated community in Whetstone Township, Crawford County, Ohio, United States. [1] History. Olentangy was laid out in 1840. [2]