Conemaugh Dam
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conemaugh-dam-258-6470176
title:
Conemaugh Dam
text:
Conemaugh Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Conemaugh River, near the town of Saltsburg, in Pennsylvania. The dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1936 and completed in 1952 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood protection on the Conemaugh, Kiskiminetas, and Allegheny Rivers. The dam is one of 16 flood control structures in the Corps' Pittsburgh District. With a capacity of 355,000 acre-feet (438,000 dam3), the lake is usually kept at a much lower level of 5,140 acre-fee
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Dam in Pennsylvania, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conemaugh_Dam
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2023-12-03T05:44:07Z
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