Talk:Conowingo Dam

Cleanup
Cleanup tag was aimed at the BridgeInfo tag/macro. It either needs to be modified to allow "height=" or replaced by something more suitable for a dam. I temporarily put the height in as "clearence", which is not really something you have on a dam. Oddly you'd think that height would be a valid parameter for a bridge, consider the Golden Gate Bridge, height and clearence are vastly different. Part of the problem is that this article started life as a stub for a list of Susquehanna River crossings. I've added a lot more information about the dam and its impacts on the river.--J Clear 01:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

To Do

 * New infobox for dams, ahead of a minimal bridge info box or replacing same (see above) --J Clear 02:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Add other formal name(s) CHEP, CHEPS,??? --J Clear 19:12, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Add bit on initial privately funded construction, vs. public TVA projects that followed. --J Clear 03:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Tweak corporate ownership. Not sure it was Philly Elect. when the dam was build.  And I think Excellon owns PECO, so it's not like the dam changed hands.  Also does Susquehanna Electric Co. factor in directly to the dam? (the other cleanup/quality issue) --J Clear 03:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Fishing park and catwalk, changes due to 9-11
 * Tours?, perhaps not encyclopedia, are they still available?
 * convert references to footnotes on appropriate bits.
 * Upload and link picture from recent flooding showing gates in action. --J Clear 02:10, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * take new higher res "at rest" photo, the present one is from my old sub-megapixel DC-50
 * grid bootstrap function --J Clear 16:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC) --J Clear 19:12, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Submit for FA!
 * Submit for FA!

Some things I think ought to be done. Please sign any additions or strike out any you complete. Thanks. --J Clear 16:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Man-Eating Catfish (?)
I would like to let you know that there are the possibility of "man-eating" catfish located at the head (Conowingo Reservouir) side of the dam. It may be a local legend (similar to that of the Loch Ness Monster), but it would hurt to possibility investigate this.

Rwboa22 21:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Eyewitness to Hurricane Agnes, the Dam employee named "Silvercloud"
An eyewitness says that during Hurricane Agnes, several of the 53 floodgates would not open ('all the cables snapped') and that the dam broke loose at the keyway, requiring many massive bundles of fortifying cables to be drilled deep through and glued into bedrock below the dam. I'm surprised this isn't listed anywhere. Here's the youtube clip: youtube video

"Another storm like [Hurricane Agnes] will take that dam out...it doesn't make any difference what they do to it."

EastGhost (talk) 17:23, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

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