Blue Marsh Dam

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Blue Marsh Dam is an earthen dam in Berks County, Pennsylvania, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, recreation, and water supply on Tulpehocken Creek.

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Blue Marsh Dam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthen dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
catchmentArea 175 square miles ⓘ
constructionBegan 1974 ⓘ
constructionCost $63,000,000 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earthfill ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Blue Marsh Lake ⓘ
hasNearbyLandUse agricultural land ⓘ
suburban development ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
hasRecreationalFacility boat launches ⓘ
swim beach ⓘ
trails ⓘ
hasSpillwayType concrete chute spillway ⓘ
height 98 feet ⓘ
impounds Tulpehocken Creek ⓘ
inflow Tulpehocken Creek ⓘ
length 1,775 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Berks County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tulpehocken Creek watershed ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Blue Marsh Lake recreation area ⓘ
linked to: Blue Marsh Lake
locatedNear Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
managesFloodRiskFor Schuylkill River ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District ⓘ
nearCity Bernville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Leesport, Pennsylvania ⓘ
openingDate 1979 ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
outflow Tulpehocken Creek ⓘ
owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOfProject Tulpehocken Creek flood control project ⓘ
providesService downstream flood protection ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
water-based recreation ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regionServed Schuylkill River basin ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 50,010 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Blue Marsh Lake ⓘ
riverCrossed Tulpehocken Creek ⓘ

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Tulpehocken Creek → hasDam → Blue Marsh Dam ⓘ