Near Curwensville in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Curwensville Dam

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 4, 2017

1. Curwensville Dam Marker

Inscription. Begun in 1962 as one of four dams built to protect the West Branch Basin from flooding, it was completed November 1965. Unlike the devastating floods in 1889 & 1936, Pennsylvania's worst flood in 1972 was less severe in Clearfield County. The unprotected North Branch saw 40-foot flooding.

Erected 2004 by Clearfield County Bicentennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical month for this entry is November 1965.

Location. 40° 57.354′ N, 78° 31.206′ W. Marker is near Curwensville, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County. It is on Curwensville Tyrone Highway (Pennsylvania Route 453) 0.2 miles south of Peoples Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at the entrance to the Dam. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Curwensville PA 16833, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The First Church in Clearfield County (approx. 1.2 miles away); McClure Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Trout Water (approx. 1.3 miles away); 2004 Bicentennial Raft (approx. 1.3 miles away); Doughboy Monument (approx. 1.3 miles away); Arnold N. Nawrocki

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(approx. 1.4 miles away); Hogback (Porter's) Bridge (approx. 2 miles away); The Bell Site Dig (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Curwensville.

Also see . . . Curwensville Lake. (Submitted on August 5, 2017, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 4, 2017

2. Curwensville Dam Marker

Curwensville Dam image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 4, 2017

3. Curwensville Dam

Looking across the dam...access is restricted

Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2017, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,326 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 5, 2017, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.