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Marsh Creek Lake
Marsh Creek Lake is a man-made lake that resulted from the construction of a dam across Marsh Creek, filling a valley that prompted the relocation of residents from Milford Mills, Pennsylvania to higher ground. The reasons for creating the lake were "... frequent flooding, water shortages and lack of recreational opportunities for nearby population centers...." The lake is bordered by Marsh Creek State Park to the east and Lyndell, Pennsylvania Lyndell is a populated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 282, north of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Downingtown and just south of Marsh Creek State Park. The location is referenced for its zip code 1935 ... to the west. Gallery File:MarshCreekLake1.jpg, Marsh Creek facing west File:MarshCreekLake2.jpg, Marsh Creek facing north File:MarshCreekLake3.jpg, Marsh Creek facing east References Bodies of water of Chester County, Pennsylvania Reservoirs in Pennsylvania {{ChesterCoun ...
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Marsh Creek State Park
Marsh Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Upper Uwchlan and Wallace Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is the location of the man-made Marsh Creek Lake. With an average depth of 40 feet (73 feet at its deepest), the lake is stocked with fish and is a stop for migrating waterfowl. Marsh Creek State Park is west of Eagle on Pennsylvania Route 100. Park road hours 8:00 am until sunset. All other access open 24 hours. History Formation of Marsh Creek Lake was designed to address several water related problems in the region. First, to provide additional drinking water for the Chester County Water Resources Authority, alleviating a previous shortage. Second, to limit potential damage caused by seasonal flooding in the area. Finally, to provide a recreation area for residents throughout the region. The state of Pennsylvania acquired the land that became Marsh Creek State Park between 1964 and 1978. Residents in the area were relocat ...
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Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the Delaware Valley region of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 534,413, increasing by 7.1% from 498,886 in 2010 United States census, 2010. The county seat and most populated municipality is West Chester, Pennsylvania, West Chester. Chester County was one of the three original Pennsylvania counties created by William Penn in 1682. It was named for Chester, England. Chester County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden, New Jersey, Camden-Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, PA-New Jersey, NJ-Delaware, DE-Maryland, MD Delaware Valley, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Eastern Chester County is home to many communities that comprise part of the Philadelphia Main Line western suburbs outside of Philadelphia, whi ...
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Reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an embayment within it, through excavation, or building any number of retaining walls or levees. In other contexts, "reservoirs" may refer to storage spaces for various fluids; they may hold liquids or gasses, including hydrocarbons. ''Tank reservoirs'' store these in ground-level, elevated, or buried tanks. Tank reservoirs for water are also called cisterns. Most underground reservoirs are used to store liquids, principally either water or petroleum. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams ...
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Milford Mills, Pennsylvania
Milford Mills was a village that was located in the Marsh Creek Valley of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was inundated by the construction of the Marsh Creek Dam in 1972. History Milford Mills was one of several farming villages that were settled in Upper Uwchlan Township by Welsh, Scots-Irish and English during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Like nearby Lyndell and Dorlan, Milford Mills grew during the nineteenth century as paper and textile manufacturing flourished. Later bypassed by large-scale industry, the region reverted to an agricultural economy until after World War II when the Pennsylvania Turnpike brought suburban development to northwestern Chester County. In 1961, the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters selected the Marsh Creek Valley as favorable location for a flood control and drinking water reservoir to serve the Brandywine River Valley. Despite protests from some residents, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania acquired thi ...
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Lyndell, Pennsylvania
Lyndell is a populated place in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 282, north of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Downingtown and just south of Marsh Creek State Park. The location is referenced for its zip code 19354. Lyndell is known for being the location of the Brandywine Creek Campground (formerly Frank's Folly), so named in honor of Frank P. Sinex. Lyndell was also home to singer Jim Croce and his wife Ingrid Croce, Ingrid Jacobsen-Croce for two years before his death in a plane crash. References Unincorporated communities in Chester County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{ChesterCountyPA-geo-stub ...
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Bodies Of Water Of Chester County, Pennsylvania
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