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The Great Dam Of Lake Wallenpaupack

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Stock #: 100802
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Hawley
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Wayne
Postmark: 1937 Jul-08
PM City: Hawley
PM State: PA
Stamp: 1C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Work on the great dam creating Lake Wallenpaupack was started June 18th 1924 and finished 1926. The concrete part of dam is 60 feet high and 877 feet long. Besides an earth fill with concrete core 400 feet long, making total length 1277 feet. There are two spillways. In the center is a building containing machinery controlling the two Boise roller gates each 66.3 feet long and 14 feet in diameter.

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