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Pleasant Hill Dam is an earth dam in a series designed for flood control, navigation improvement, and water conservation in the Muskingum Valley. The dam is 775 feet long and 113 feet high, with a drainage area of 199 square miles. Its permanent pool elevation is 1,020 feet and its spillway elevation is 1,065 feet. It has 2 gates measuring 3½ feet by 7 feet. Construction included 613,873 cubic yards of earth embankment, 170,441 cubic yards of rock fill, and 18,354 cubic yards of concrete.
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