The Mount Morris Dam, built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, continues to serve as a ...

Rochester’s history with dams is most notably connected to the Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park, which held back potentially catastrophic flood waters in 1972. There are dozens of dams ...

Some of those higher risk dams are found throughout the Rochester area, including 21 in Monroe County such as Cobbs Hill Reservoir Dam in Rochester, Lock 33 Dam on the Erie Canal in Henrietta and ...