OrthoPhoto: Kinzua Before Flooding April 1964

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About Kinzua Before Flooding April 1964 ....

Roughly 10,000 acres of farmland and several small villages including the Cornplanter Tract would be forever flooded after completion of the Kinzua Dam on December 13, 1965. This picture of Kinzua a year before shows the demolition of most of the village and the construction of the James Morrison Kinzua Bridge in April 1964.

More about Kinzua Point...

Scenic overlook of the Allegheny Reservoir facing the location of the former town on Kinzua (beneath the reservoir).

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/allegheny/recarea/?recid=6085

Maps and Interactives

Kinzua, PA 1949
Cornplanter Bridge

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