Black Gut (known locally as "The Gut") is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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distributary A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributar ...

connecting the

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to Hartman Run in York County,

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in the

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. It was formerly a southeast flowing branch of the Conewago Creek

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where it had once separated Brunner and Lowe's Island from mainland York County in East Manchester Township, joining the Susquehanna at the village of

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. This delta no longer exists due to expansion of the

Brunner Island Steam Electric Station Brunner Island Steam Electric Station is a coal-fired, alternatively natural gas-powered electrical generation facility in York County, Pennsylvania. It occupies most of the area of the eponymous island on Susquehanna River. The power plant has ...

. Another branch, known as the River Gut, ran 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the gut to the Susquehanna. This branch had separated Brunner and Lowe's Island before it was eventually filled in, joining both islands into one.

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Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Susquehanna River Rivers of York County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub

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