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Videos highlight the flooding in upstate New York caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, revealing damage and submerged streets. The intense downpours have led to dramatic scenes of water ...
Over 2,200 people had to be evacuated from the area south of Lake Needwood in Rockville due to concerns of a dam break there (the earthen dam was leaking). If the dam were to break, communities downstream could be under as much as 22 feet (6.7 m) of flood water. [7] The dam did not break, however, and the evacuations ended on the evening of ...
Boyds Corner Dam; Cannonsville Dam; Cross River Dam; Cuba Lake Dam; Cuddebackville Dam; Conklingville Dam; Downsville Dam; East Sidney Dam; Federal Dam; Gilboa Dam; Jamesville Dam; Kensico Dam; Marcy Dam; Merian Dam; Mount Morris Dam; Muscoot Dam; Neversink Dam; New Croton Dam; Olivebridge Dam; Rushford / Caneadea Dam at Rushford Lake; Stewart ...
The reservoir, named for the former First Lady, was decommissioned in 1993 in part because of algae contamination concerns, as well as the upstate New York aqueduct expansion, according to the ...
The Fulton Chain of Lakes is a string of eight lakes located in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York, United States. The chain is the dammed-up Moose River, and the dam which creates the chain holds back nearly 6.8 billion US gallons (26,000,000 m 3) of water. [1] The lakes are located in Herkimer and Hamilton Counties.
If the two 213-foot tall dams comprising the Dreher Shoals Dam facility — known locally as the Lake Murray dam — were fractured after a powerful earthquake, the resulting failure would unleash ...
The original Croton Dam (Old Croton Dam) was built between 1837 and 1842 to improve New York City's water supply.By 1881, after extensive repairs to the dam, which was 50 feet (15 m) high, the Old Croton Reservoir was able to supply about 90 million US gallons (340,000 m 3) a day to the city via the Old Croton Aqueduct. [5]
The Hudson River–Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD) is a New York state public-benefit corporation that traces its formation to the creation of the Black River Regulating District in 1919, and the Hudson River Regulating District in 1922 in response to the severe historical flooding of the cities of Albany, Green Island, Rensselaer, Troy, and Watervliet by the Sacandaga River and ...