The Great Dam of Lake Wallenpaupack showing where the flow line starts

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Stock #:340243
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Lake Wallenpaupack
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
Postmark: 1928 Aug-20
Postmark City: Hawley
Postmark State: PA
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Also the gates above the spillways, a transformer is seen in foreground to right. The concrete dam 40 feet high and 877 feet long, with two spillways each 66 feet 3 in. wide. Machinery to operate the gates is contained in building as seen on top of bridge, the transformer seen in foreground furnishes power to control the gates. The flow line is seen at bottom of dam, it is 14 feet in diameter and carries the water to the power house, 3.4 miles from the dam

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