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Title: Bens Creek dam removal and habitat restoration
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: Built around 1900 to 1905, the Ben's Creek Intake was approximately 6 feet high by 60 feet wide. The dam was originally constructed to provide a water source to the steam locomotives along the mainline of the Pennsylvania Rail Road in the Portage and Wilmore areas. Removal reduces liability concerns and eliminates the financial burden of maintaining the dam. The removal, which occurred in 2005, allows for habitat restoration on Bens Creek and the Little Conemaugh River. The details in this grant report are subject to change.
Scope/Content: Author affiliation: American Rivers, Final Report
Scope/Content: Date removed: 2005.
Type: text
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2ff3rtg
814
Subject: Fisheries and fish passage
Safety and liability
Dams
Dam retirement
Place: Bens Creek, PA
Little Conemaugh River, PA
Bens Creek Intake dam
Lat: 40.395503; Long: -78.613997

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