Stewart's Dam

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Stewart's Dam, in Hadley, New York, on the Sacandaga River, holds back the Stewart Bridge Reservoir, one of the largest reservoirs in America to be contained by an earthen dam.[ citation needed ] Farther upstream is the Conklingville Dam which creates the Great Sacandaga Lake.

Coordinates: 43°17′55″N73°53′14″W / 43.2985°N 73.8873°W / 43.2985; -73.8873

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