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Orwell Dam
:''for the lake in the South Orkney Islands, see Orwell Lake Orwell Dam (National ID # MN00574) is a dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, about six miles southwest of Fergus Falls. The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 60 feet and a length of 1355 feet at its crest.〔http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=MN00574〕 It impounds the Otter Tail River for flood control, irrigation water storage, and municipal drinking water.〔http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/recreation/default.asp?pageid=146〕 The dam is owned and operated by the St. Paul District, Mississippi Valley Division, Corps of Engineers. The reservoir it creates, Orwell Lake, has a normal water surface of 1.3 square miles, with a maximum capacity of 20,600 acre-feet.〔http://findlakes.com/orwell_reservoir_and_dam_minnesota~mn00574.htm〕 Recreation includes hunting, boating, and fishing (for walleye, northern, crappie and redhorse sucker).〔http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/recreation/default.asp?pageid=146〕 == References ==
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