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Kinzua Dam

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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. [1]

61 relations: Allegany Indian Reservation, Allegheny National Forest, Allegheny National Recreation Area, Allegheny Reservoir, Allegheny River, Base load, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, Boy Scouts of America, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Campsite, Cornplanter, Cornplanter Tract, Corydon Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, Corydon Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Dam, Drainage basin, Elko, New York, Eminent domain, Flood Control Act of 1936, Flood Control Act of 1938, George Washington, Glade Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Hurricane Agnes, Hydroelectricity, Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York), Jesse Cornplanter, Jimerson Town, New York, John F. Kennedy, Johnny Cash, Kinzua Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Mead Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Mississippi River, New York State Route 17, PBS, Peaking power plant, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Route 59, Penstock, Peter La Farge, Pittsburgh flood of 1936, Potential energy, Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, Quaker Lake, Red House, New York, Salamanca (city), New York, Salamanca (town), New York, Scouting in Pennsylvania, Seneca Nation of New York, Seneca people, Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station, ..., South Valley, New York, Steamburg, New York, Stress testing, Treaty of Canandaigua, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Forest Service, Upland and lowland, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Warren, Pennsylvania, Watt, ZIP Code. Expand index (11 more) »

Allegany Indian Reservation

Allegany Reservation (Uhì·yaʼ in Tuscarora) is a Seneca Nation of Indians reservation in Cattaraugus County, New York, USA.

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Allegheny National Forest

The Allegheny National Forest is a National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania.

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Allegheny National Recreation Area

The Allegheny National Recreation Area is a National Recreation Area of the United States, located on the Allegheny Plateau in northwestern Pennsylvania.

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Allegheny Reservoir

The Allegheny Reservoir (also known as Kinzua Lake) is a reservoir along the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and New York, USA.

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Allegheny River

The Allegheny River is a principal tributary of the Ohio River; it is located in the Eastern United States.

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Base load

The base load on a grid is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time, for example, one week.

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Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian

Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian (1964) is a concept album, the twentieth album released by singer Johnny Cash on Columbia Records.

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Boy Scouts of America

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers.

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Bradford, Pennsylvania

Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, close to the border with New York State and approximately south of Buffalo, New York.

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Campsite

A campsite or camping pitch is a place used for overnight stay in an outdoor area.

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Cornplanter

John Abeel III (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), known as Gaiänt'wakê (Gyantwachia - ″the planter″) or Kaiiontwa'kon (Kaintwakon - "By What One Plants") in the Seneca language and thus generally known as Cornplanter, was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan.

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Cornplanter Tract

The Cornplanter Tract or Cornplanter Indian Reservation was a plot of land in Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania that was administered by the Seneca tribe.

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Corydon Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Corydon Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Corydon Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Corydon Township is a defunct township in Warren County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Elko, New York

Elko was a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, that existed from 1890 to 1965.

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Eminent domain

Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (Singapore), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (France, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Chile, Denmark, Sweden) is the power of a state, provincial, or national government to take private property for public use.

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Flood Control Act of 1936

The Flood Control Act of 1936,, (FCA 1936) was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 22 June 1936.

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Flood Control Act of 1938

The Flood Control Act of 1938 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, dikes, and other flood control measures through the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.

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Glade Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Glade Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Hurricane Agnes

Hurricane Agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

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Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York)

Interstate 86 (I-86) is an Interstate Highway that extends for through northwestern Pennsylvania and southern New York in the United States.

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Jesse Cornplanter

Jesse J. Cornplanter (September 16, 1889 – 1957) (Seneca) was an artist and author.

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Jimerson Town, New York

Jimerson Town (also spelled Jimersontown and given the Seneca language name tsyo:nya:tih) is a native planned community on the Allegany Indian Reservation within the bounds of Cattaraugus County, New York.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

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Johnny Cash

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author.

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Kinzua Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Kinzua Township is a defunct township in Warren County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Mead Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Mead Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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New York State Route 17

New York State Route 17 (NY 17) is a major east-west state highway that extends for through the Southern Tier and Downstate regions of New York in the United States.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Peaking power plant

Peaking power plants, also known as peaker plants, and occasionally just "peakers", are power plants that generally run only when there is a high demand, known as peak demand, for electricity.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Route 59

Pennsylvania Route 59 (PA 59) is a long state highway located in northwest Pennsylvania.

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Penstock

A penstock (fr. conduite forcée) is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems.

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Peter La Farge

Peter La Farge (born Oliver Albee La Farge, April 30, 1931 - October 27, 1965) was a New York-based folksinger and songwriter of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Pittsburgh flood of 1936

On March 17 and 18, 1936, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania witnessed the worst flood in its history when flood levels peaked at.

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Potential energy

In physics, potential energy is the energy possessed by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.

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Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing.

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Quaker Lake

Quaker Lake is a lake located south of Coldspring, New York.

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Red House, New York

Red House (Seneca: joë'hesta) is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.

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Salamanca (city), New York

Salamanca is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States, inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two governed by the Seneca Nation of New York.

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Salamanca (town), New York

Salamanca is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.

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Scouting in Pennsylvania

Scouting in Pennsylvania has a long and rich tradition, from 1908 to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.

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Seneca Nation of New York

The Seneca Nation of Indians is a federally recognized Seneca tribe based in western New York.

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Seneca people

The Seneca are a group of indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people native to North America who historically lived south of Lake Ontario.

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Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station

The Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant using pumped storage of water to generate electric power.

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South Valley, New York

South Valley is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.

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Steamburg, New York

Steamburg is a hamlet in the Town of Coldspring in Cattaraugus County, in western New York, United States.

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Stress testing

Stress testing (sometimes called torture testing) is a form of deliberately intense or thorough testing used to determine the stability of a given system or entity.

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Treaty of Canandaigua

The Treaty of Canandaigua (or Konondaigua, as spelled in the treaty itself) is a treaty signed after the American Revolutionary War between the Grand Council of the Six Nations and President George Washington representing the United States of America.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass.

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Upland and lowland

Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level.

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Warren County, Pennsylvania

Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Warren, Pennsylvania

Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Allegheny River.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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Redirects here:

Kinzua Dam, Pennsylvania, Kinzua dam, Lake Perfidy, Perfidy Lake.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinzua_Dam

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