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USACE, Pittsburgh District posted
Our #PittsburghDistrict has seen highs and lows on the rivers over the years. Last April 2024 we saw the highest water level in decades, but check out this image of Loyalhanna Lake from July 5, 1944. At the bottom of the dam, you can see four trash gates, which are normally several feet under water! |
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HistoricPittsburgh, Source: Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Description: A downstream view of the Loyalhanna Creek Reservoir Dam looking from the left bank. In response to the damaged incurred from the Great Flood of 1936, Congressman Robert G. Allen of Greensburg requested construction of a dam on the Loyalhanna Creek, 4.5 miles above its confluence with the Conemaugh at Saltsburg. Construction of the combined concrete gravity and earth embankment Loyalhanna Creek Dam commenced in February 1939. The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company completed the $5.4 million Loyalhanna Dam in June 1942. |
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The satellite caught two of the four conduits in the outlet works spilling water in this image.
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