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Fairmount Dam
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Fairmount Water Works.
Fairmount Dam
Completed in 1821, Fairmount Dam cut diagonally across the river, channeled water into the Waterworks, and acted as a spillway. The Schuylkill is a tidal river, so it also prevented brackish water in the Delaware River from mixing with the fresh water. Above it, the dam created the 5-mile (8.0 km) long Fairmount Pool, also called the Schuylkill Pool.