Little Blue Run Dam
Little Blue Run Dam is a dam in Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Little Blue Run Dam is situated nearby to the village Lawrenceville, as well as near the islet Babbs Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Little Blue Run and Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey.
Little Blue Run
Reservoir
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Little Blue Run Lake or Little Blue Run is the largest coal ash impound in the United States. Ohio-based FirstEnergy owns the site, located in Western Pennsylvania and parts of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and has disposed of billions of gallons of coal waste into the body of water.
Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey
Monument
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey is the point from which the United States in 1786 began the formal survey of the lands known then as the Northwest Territory, now making up all of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey is situated 1 mile north of Little Blue Run Dam.
Babbs Island
Islet
Babbs Island is an island in Hancock County, West Virginia on the Ohio River between East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia. It takes its name from the Babb family of Columbiana County, Ohio which once owned the island from 1804 to 1820—John Babb was the original owner. Babbs Island is situated 2½ miles west of Little Blue Run Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lawrenceville and East Liverpool.
Lawrenceville
Village
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history. Lawrenceville is situated 2 miles southwest of Little Blue Run Dam.
East Liverpool
East Liverpool is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River at the intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia about 30 miles from both Pittsburgh and Youngstown.
East Fifth Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: 636Buster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Fifth Street Historic District, located in East Liverpool, Ohio, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1985. The district encompasses three blocks of downtown East Liverpool along East Fifth street between Market Street and Broadway. East Fifth Street Historic District is situated 3½ miles west of Little Blue Run Dam.
Little Blue Run Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Location: Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.62873° or 40° 37′ 43″ northLongitude
-80.51321° or 80° 30′ 48″ westElevation
1,007 feet (307 metres)Open location code
86GXJFHP+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 715362221OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Little Blue Run Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Little Blue Run Dam”
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