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Upper Mechanicville, New YorkLock C-3 is the result of Upper Mechanicville Dam on the Hudson River in Saratoga County, New York and is used for hydroelectric power and improved navigation purposes. Construction was completed in 1882. At normal levels it has a surface area of 380 acres. It is owned by New York State Department Of Transportation. Upper Mechanicville, also known as Lock C-3 is masonry, concrete, a gravity dam. The core is upstream facing, concrete. The foundation is rock. Its height is 19 feet with a length of 1220 feet. Maximum discharge is 260000 cubic feet per second. Normal storage is 10735 acre feet. It drains an area of 4500 square miles.
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