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Warrior Ridge Dam, Spanning Frankstown Branch of Juniata River, Petersburg, Huntingdon County, PA
Summary
Significance: The Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company, a major dam builder in the United States in the early twentieth century, designed and built the dam. As one of the earliest examples of a covered version of a buttressed hollow-core dam, patented by Ambursen in 1904, the facility at Warrior Ridge was the focus of widespread attention in the engineering press.
Survey number: HAER PA-377
Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company
Juniata Hydroelectric Company
Wood, A G
General Electric Company
Pennsylvania Hydro Electric Company
Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec)
American Hydro Power Company
Madrid, transmitter
Location
Petersburg, 40.57257, -78.04695
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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