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Err, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewood_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewood_Lake was completed in 1928 (for electrical demand regulation.) Much

• Retric 1y ago
  Which is kind of funny as they where storing energy from a hydroelectric power plant, so building a larger dam would have been way more energy efficient.
  • bobthepanda 1y ago
    Connecticut isn’t very elevated so a dam at a higher level may not have been very practical.
• bobthepanda 1y ago
  My bad. It's still notable that the sixth largest one in the world was still developed for nuclear plants.