Blackwater Dam

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

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

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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2016-02-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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