Pennesseewassee Lake Dam

Pennesseewassee Lake Dam is a dam in Norway, Oxford County, Maine. Pennesseewassee Lake Dam is situated nearby to the suburb South Paris, as well as near the neighborhood Paris Hill Historic District.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
Also known as: “Pennesseewasee Lake Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and Paris Public Library.

Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School

School

The Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School is a public high school in South Paris, Maine, a census-designated place located within the town of Paris in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School is situated 1 mile east of Pennesseewassee Lake Dam.

Paris Public Library

Library

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The Public Library of Paris, Maine, is located at 37 Market Square in the town of South Paris, Maine. The original portion of its building, a Colonial Revival brick structure built in 1926, was one of the last designs of the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Paris Public Library is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pennesseewassee Lake Dam.

Deering Memorial United Methodist Church

Church

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Deering Memorial United Methodist Church is a historic church at 39 Main Street in South Paris, Maine. Completed in 1911 for a congregation established in 1815, it is the only known work in Maine of the Cleveland, Ohio partnership of Badgley and Nicklas, and one of Oxford County's finest late Gothic Revival churches. Deering Memorial United Methodist Church is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pennesseewassee Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Paris and Paris.

South Paris

Suburb

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South Paris is a census-designated place located within the town of Paris in Oxford County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Paris had a population of 2,183. South Paris is situated 2 miles northeast of Pennesseewassee Lake Dam.

Paris

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Paris is a town in and the county seat of Oxford County, Maine, United States. Paris is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area.

Paris Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Paris Hill Historic District encompasses the historic 19th century village of Paris Hill in Paris, Maine. This village was the primary civic seat in the town, which is also the county seat of Oxford County, and was where county facilities were located until they were moved to South Paris in 1895. Paris Hill Historic District is situated 4 miles northeast of Pennesseewassee Lake Dam.

Pennesseewassee Lake Dam

Location: Norway, Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.21333° or 44° 12′ 48″ north

Longitude

-70.54606° or 70° 32′ 46″ west

Elevation

381 feet (116 metres)

Open location code

87PF6F73+8H

GeoNames ID

4974958

Wikidata ID

Q33131973

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In Other Languages

“Pennesseewassee Lake Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pennesseewassee Lake Dam”

Localities in the Area

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