Adding Power to a Non-Powered Dam: Mahoning Creek

摘要

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) broke ground on Mahoning Creek Dam, a flood control structure that also provides recreational opportunities in the Allegheny River basin in western Pennsylvania, in 1939. By 1941, the concrete dam was finished. The design included a conduit that would allow the potential energy of water stored behind the dam to be used to produce hydroelectric power. However, the plans to develop hydropower at this dam were postponed due to steel shortages associated with the country's accelerating mobilization efforts for World War Ⅱ.