Big Bend Before Lake Perfidy
Before Kinzua Dam in 1953, Big Bend on the Allegheny River was spectacularly beautiful.
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Before Kinzua Dam in 1953, Big Bend on the Allegheny River was spectacularly beautiful.
Not far from the Austin Dam, the historic dam that collapsed and flooded out a community. I remember smelling the coal smoke and hearing the gun shots ring out from the hills as I explored this little hick town with a general store and some fairly run-down houses deep in Appalachia.
Cornplanter would not approve. https://www.americanheritage.com/content/cornplanter-can-you-swim
Notice the large storm control levee along the Tioga River.
Tiny little hamlet located in the mountains of Appalachia.