Conewago Falls
Conewago Falls in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was a historic river barrier 12 miles (19 km) below and south of Harrisburg[1] at a wide spot (8,000 feet (2,400 m)[2]), where the river drops 19 feet (5.8 m) in 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) along the lower Susquehanna River along either side of Three Mile Island. The falls between the west bank and the west side of the island were inundated-by-design years ago by construction of the York Haven Dam which, when it was completed in 1904, for a time became the third largest in the world.[2] Today the Falls hides inside the Frederic Lake reservoir along the west side of the island.
The falls would often be portaged around by Native Americans with their elm bark canoes transiting between Susquehannock (and later, Iroquois and Lenape) Amerindian towns at points upriver to the oyster beds in Chesapeake Bay or vice versa. The Falls blocked riverine navigation on the Susquehanna River, and were one of the factors preventing barge or ship water transport from Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay.
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[edit]- ^ Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
- ^ a b "National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark: Kaplan Turbine" (PDF). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 1980-10-20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-08-20.
- Landforms of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Waterfalls of Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna River
- Dams completed in 1904
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1904
- Dams in Pennsylvania
- United States power company dams
- Crossings of the Susquehanna River
- Hydroelectric power plants in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in York County, Pennsylvania
- Run-of-the-river power stations
- Dams on the Susquehanna River