National Dam Inspection Program. Eaton Dam (Bull Reservoir) (NDI-PA-00016, PennDer-25-34), Ohio River Basin, Tributary to French Creek, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report

Download or read book National Dam Inspection Program. Eaton Dam (Bull Reservoir) (NDI-PA-00016, PennDer-25-34), Ohio River Basin, Tributary to French Creek, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report written by C. Y. Chen and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eaton Dam (also known as Bull Reservoir) is an earth embankment, straight in plan, with a spillway channel in excavation around its right end. The embankment has a maximum height of 22 feet and a length of 840 feet. The upstream slope is 3H:IV (Horizontal to Vertical), the downstream slope is 2H:IV, and the crest is 20 feet wide. The 14-inch cast-iron pipe outlet was laid in an excavation on a concrete cradle provided with concrete cutoffs. The control valve is located in a tower in the upstream slope is provided with riprap and the downstream slope is grass covered. The 20-foot wide clay core of the dam extends throughout the entire length of the embankment. Eaton Dam is located in a small drainage area tributary to French Creek, approximately 4.5 miles southeast of the Borough of North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, less than 0.5 mile from the Pennsylvania-New York border.