Blackwater Dam

For the dam and lake in Scotland, see Blackwater Reservoir.
Blackwater Dam and Lake

Blackwater Dam is a dam in the town of Webster, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

The earthen dam was constructed in 1941 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 69 feet (21 m) and 1,150 feet (350 m) long at its crest.[1] It impounds the Blackwater River for flood control and storm water management as one of five related projects in the Merrimack River basin.[2] The dam is owned and operated by the New England District, North Atlantic Division, Army Corps of Engineers.

The seasonal flood-control reservoir created by the dam has a maximum capacity of 93,400 acre-feet (120 million cubic meters), but is normally dry, apart from the normal flow of the Blackwater. The site includes 8 miles (13 km) of river popular for canoeing and kayaking, and fishing for brown and rainbow trout.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2012-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2016-02-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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