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Title: Alameda Park Dam Removal
Creator: Sara Strassman
Date Created and/or Issued: 2007
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information (CDRI)
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: Abstract: The dam was originally built to provide water to a swimming pool in Alameda Park in 1900. The dam has deteriorated and is no longer used for its original purpose. It is a liability to the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department, who owns the dam. American Rivers provided Growing Greener funding to the design/engineering phase of this project. Butler County received an award from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to remove the dam & swimming pool infrastructure and stabilize the streambanks. The removal will restore parkland, remove a safety hazard, improve water quality and open fish passage on Sullivan Run. Details in this grant report are subject to change.
Scope/Content: Author affiliation: American Rivers
Scope/Content: Date removed: 2007.
Type: text
Identifier: ark:/86086/n29s1qg1
812
Language: English
eng
Subject: Fisheries and fish passage
Dams
Dam retirement
Place: Sullivan Run, PA
Alameda Park Dam

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