Wallen Ppt Presentation
Transcript of Wallen Ppt Presentation
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Who Has Gone Camping?
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A Lake is Formed Two Ways
Man Made Natural
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Recreational
Agriculture
Flood Control
Power Generation
Why Make A Lake?
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The History of Lake
WallenpaupackAn Overview presentation by Nick DelBuono
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Geography
Economics
Environmental History
BE ON THE LOOKOUT……….
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First successful settlement in 1774
Local Indian Tribe: Leni Lenape
“Wahlinkpapek”
Wallenpaupack
In The Beginning….
means “Streams of swift and slow water”
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Saw Mills
Silk Mills
Glass Factories
19th Century
River as power source
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5,700 – acre area
3 ½ Miles
1,280 feet
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company or
PP&L
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Construction
1924
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Remove 27 roads
Remove 3 bridges
Clear the 5,700 acre lake bed of trees and brush
Remove the village of Wilsonville
Process
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Changes
Before After
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Before After
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Before After
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Completed in 1926
Between 8 and 10 million dollars
2,700 men
8 million kilowatts
All Said and Done…
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Present dayRecreation
http://YouTube - Lake Wallenpaupack
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1774 1 st settlement
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river
Industries set up
1910
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1924 PP&L begins
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Area develops
2010 Big tourist attraction Still used for Electricity
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Conclusion….
= Human-Environment Interaction
Environmental Historians
Humans+
Economics
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Barbe, Walter. Reed,Kurt. History of Wayne Country PA (1798-1998). Honesdale: Wayne County Historical Society, 1995.
Hawley-Lake Wallenpaupack Chamber of Commerce. Wallenpaupack. Pike/Wallenpaupack Historical Society, 2001.
Mathews, Alfred. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties PA. Philadelphia: R.T. Peck & Co, 1886.
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http://www.wilsonvillecampground.com/photo.html
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