Emergency Spillway: (Satellite)
The dam was completed in 1940. [LivingNewDeal]
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| USACE, Pittsburgh District posted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District reservoirs are functioning as designed during these periods of intermittent rainfall. This reel from Crooked Creek Lake shows the outflow. James Burford: You put my lock out of service. LOL. Joe Bali: James Burford you'll be ok. 😁 James Burford: Joe Bali yeah if it wasn't for the flood controls the lock would have been under water yesterday. |
A more normal flow.
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| Karen Robare, Jul 2021 |
The intake structure is on the right, and the outlet works is near the left.
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| Street View, Nov 2008 |
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| PDF via USACE [I wish every USACE dam webpage had a handy-dandy fact sheet.] |
Looking at a satellite map, the USACE controlled the shoreline development so that the dam can be used for its primary purpose of flood control. I saw just a beach, boat launch and trails; all of which can easily be closed if the lake level needs to rise. I fired up Google Earth, but all of the images look like a normal pool. I could not find an example of the lake holding flood waters.
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| Jackson-Township historical preservation posted Looking over the new Ford City Bridge before the West approach was completed in Ford City, Armstrong County in February of 1915. Note the large tower in the left background which supported the cables that carried the large buckets of sand from Sand Plant to the PPG Plant. This photo was from the Ford City Centennial Book courtesy of John Englert. (Photo from Paula Kornasiewicz via https://www.facebook.com/groups/138932985886/) |
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