Pymatuning Lake Park Development – Crawford County PA and Ashtabula County OH

City:
Andover, Linesville, OH, PA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Completed:
1938

Description

The dam creating this reservoir was undertaken in 1931-32, creating a new body of water that stretched between Crawford County in Pennsylvania and Ashtabula County in Ohio. The adjacent parks and improvements in Ohio and Pennsylvania were a Civilian Conservation Corps project completed in 1938. Pymantuning Lake is the largest lake in Pennsylvania.

Source notes

https://www.apps.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/ccc/index.aspx

https://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080805/NEWS02/808050344

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pymatuning_State_Park_%28Pennsylvania%29

Site originally submitted by Patrick Crim on November 7, 2014.

Location Info


Pymatuning Lake

Coordinates: 41.498333, -80.461389

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