Mount Morris Dam

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Mount Morris Dam
Location of Mount Morris Dam in New York
Country	United States
Location	Livingston County
Coordinates	42°44′00″N 77°54′25″W / 42.733333°N 77.906944°W / 42.733333; -77.906944
Status	In use
Construction began	1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Opening date	1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Owner(s)	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Genesee River
Height	230 ft (70 m)
Length	1,028 ft (313 m)

The Mount Morris Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Genesee River. It is located at the northern end of Letchworth State Park, south of Rochester, New York in the towns of Leicester and Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York. It is the largest dam of its type east of the Mississippi River and its purpose is to mitigate downstream flooding between Mount Morris and Lake Ontario.^[1]