Kinzua Dam
The Kinzua Dam, on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania, is one of the largest dams in the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is located within the Allegheny National Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Allegheny River Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Allegheny National Fish Hatchery and Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station.
Allegheny National Fish Hatchery
Nature reserve
Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service - Recovery Act Team, Public domain.
The Allegheny National Fish Hatchery is a fish hatchery administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the north bank of the Allegheny River.
Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station
Industrial building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant using pumped storage of water to generate electric power. It is located near Warren, Pennsylvania in Warren County. Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station is situated 900 feet west of Kinzua Dam.
Kinzua Dam
- Category: gravity dam
- Location: Mead Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.83974° or 41° 50′ 23″ northLongitude
-79.00249° or 79° 0′ 9″ westElevation
1,273 feet (388 metres)Open location code
87H2RXQX+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 78204130OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kinzua Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kinzua Dam”
- Chinese: “金祖阿水坝”
- French: “barrage Kinzua”
- French: “Barrage Kinzua”
- German: “Kinzua-Staudamm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kinzuademningen”
- Norwegian: “Kinzuademningen”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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