Prompton in Wayne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Prompton Dam and Reservoir

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

— Philadelphia District —

Prompton Dam Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 29, 2020

1. Prompton Dam Marker

Inscription.

Prompton Dam

This dam forms part of the
Lackawaxen River Flood Control Project
constructed between 1958 & 1960 to
protect the residents of this valley.

Burkholder & Burkholder
[General Contractors]
Winchester, Virginia
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Prompton Dam and Reservoir

[Facts]

-Purpose-
To automatically impound and release stream flow
in excess of the downstream capacity thereby
reducing flood stages downstream to protect
property and lives in the Lackawaxen River Basin.

Dam completed November 1960

Erected by US Army Corps of Engineers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Disasters • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1958.

Location. 41° 35.534′ N, 75° 19.858′ W. Marker is in Prompton, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County. It can be reached from Creek Drive. Marker is near the Prompton Lake parking lot, off Creek Drive (Pennsylvania 170) about 0.5 miles north of Roosevelt Highway (US 6). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Prompton PA 18456, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.

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

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are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Prompton (approx. ¾ mile away); David Wilmot (approx. 2.8 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away); Honesdale (approx. 3.2 miles away); Veterans Park (approx. 3.4 miles away); Saint Mary Magdalen Parish Cemetery Children's Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer (approx. 3.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away).

Also see . . . Prompton Dam and Reservoir Master Plan & Integrated Environmental Assessment. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) website entry (Submitted on January 22, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Prompton Dam and Reservoir Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 29, 2020

2. Prompton Dam and Reservoir Marker

Prompton Dam and Reservoir image. Click for full size.

via Army Corps of Engineers, unknown

3. Prompton Dam and Reservoir

Prompton Dam and Reservoir Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 29, 2020

4. Prompton Dam and Reservoir Markers

Prompton Dam Operations Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 29, 2020

5. Prompton Dam Operations Center

Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 291 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 29, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on September 27, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4, 5. submitted on December 29, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.