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Dam Attractions In Wyoming

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Wyoming is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is located 5 miles north of Wilkes-Barre . The population was 3,073 as of the 2010 census.
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Dam Attractions In Wyoming

  • 1. Buffalo Bill Dam Cody
    Buffalo Bill Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is named after the famous Wild West figure William Buffalo Bill Cody, who founded the nearby town of Cody and owned much of the land now covered by the reservoir formed by its construction. The dam is part of the Shoshone Project, successor to several visionary schemes promoted by Cody to irrigate the Bighorn Basin and turn it from a semi-arid sagebrush-covered plain to productive agricultural land. Known at the time of its construction as Shoshone Dam, it was renamed in 1946 to honor Cody.The 325 feet high structure was designed by engineer Daniel Webster Cole and built between 1905 and 1910. At the time of its completion it was the tallest dam in the world. It was listed on the National...
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