Lake Mendota Dam
Lake Mendota Dam is a dam in Mendota Township, LaSalle County, Illinois.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mendota station.
Mendota station
Railway station
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Mendota station is an Amtrak intercity train station at 783 Main Street, Mendota, Illinois, United States. The station was originally built on February 23, 1888, by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, as a replacement for the former Union Depot that was built in 1853 and burned down in 1885. Mendota station is situated 1 mile southeast of Lake Mendota Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mendota and Clarion.
Mendota
Town
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Mendota is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, in the state's north-central region. The population was 7,061 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Clarion
Locality
Clarion is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Clarion is located along a railroad line southwest of Mendota. Though Clarion is usually perceived as the area where the grain elevator and Lutheran church are located along U.S. Route 34, that is technically known as the unincorporated area of Wendel. Clarion is situated 5 miles southwest of Lake Mendota Dam.
Meriden
Hamlet
Meriden is an unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois, and is located east of Mendota. The community has East 7th Street running north–south through the community, and North 44th Street making a T-intersection south of Meriden with East 7th Street. Meriden is situated 5 miles east of Lake Mendota Dam.
Lake Mendota Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States of America
- Location: Mendota Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.55781° or 41° 33′ 28″ northLongitude
-89.1312° or 89° 7′ 52″ westElevation
764 feet (233 metres)Open location code
86HGHV59+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 354182300OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Lake Mendota Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Mendota Dam”
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