Ten Mile Creek Dams
Marianna Dam
North Branch of Ten Mile Creek
The Marianna dam was once a popular swimming hole (another swimming hole was at Daniels run going out of town, at the trestle. Kids jumped of the abutments). Of course these were dangerous things to do. The General Assembly unanimously passed a bill to enforce proper signage for low-head dams.
In 1905 a concrete dam was constructed across the North Fork of Ten Mile Creek for the village of Marianna. Early on the water from the dam was pumped up to the reservoir on top of the hill and was gravity bed into the houses. According to a 1909 report, the dam is approx. 8 feet high and 100 feet long. It backed the water for about 1 1/2 miles. The drainage, apparently,from one of the mines went into Ten Mile Creek above the dam-as did discharges from about 1/2 of Marianna village flow into the creek above the dam. The sewers discharged below the dam, and the intake well was located on the Marianna side immediately above the dam and the well was half in the water and half out of the water with its bottom resting on the creek bottom.
Dam height-23 feet and 16 feet in diameter.
Just like times passed when it came to flooding, Ten Mile Creek is still subject to quick rises after rainfall and the volume of flow is very seriously affected by droughts.
At one point there was a swinging bridge just up from the dam to go from West Beth twp to Marianna Borough. The bridge fell in the early 1940's.
More info on Marianna dam:
Part 2-The Fourth Annual Report Part 2.
Pump Station Dam
North Branch of Ten Mile Creek-Deemston, Pa
Bucktown Dam
South Branch of Ten Mile Creek-Waynesburg, Pa
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