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Mansfield Hollow Dam
Mansfield Hollow Lake is a reservoir resting on the border of Windham County, Connecticut, Windham County and Tolland County, Connecticut. The reservoir provides drinking water for Willimantic, Connecticut, Willimantic and helps control flooding in the 159-square-mile Thames River (Connecticut), Thames River watershed. It was created by the Mansfield Hollow Dam and is entirely contained within Mansfield Hollow State Park and the Mansfield Hollow Wildlife Area. Designed and constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the dam substantially reduces flooding along the Natchaug River, Quinebaug, Shetucket River, Shetucket, and Thames River (Connecticut), Thames rivers. Construction of the project began in 1949 with completion in 1952 at a cost of US$6.5 million. The Mansfield Hollow reservoir is located within the Shetucket River Watershed and is part of the Thames River Basin. Access to the site is available from U.S. Route 6 in Connecticut, US Route 6 and Route 195 (Conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windham Airport
Windham Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Willimantic, a city in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the Connecticut Airport Authority. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Windham Airport is assigned IJD by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. Facilities and aircraft Windham Airport covers an area of which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring and 18/36 measuring . For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2005, the airport had 30,690 aircraft operations, an average of 84 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand. In 2001 air ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
