Lehigh County Authority Park Pumping Station - 1983 - Allentown, PA, USA - Dated Architectural Structures Multifarious on Waymarking.com

The Lehigh County Authority (LCA) is the local water utility, providing water to many homes in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Well, that water needs to come from somewhere, and the Little Lehigh Creek is one of the sources of water for the LCA.

This pumping/extraction station is located in the eastern edge of the Little Lehigh Parkway and was constructed in 1983. The date plaque reads:

Lehigh County Authority
Park Pumping Station

1983

General Contractor
Dematos Enterprises, Inc.

Electrical Contractor
Philips Brothers Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Are you ready for some municipal justification and overall nerdiness. The reason for the construction of this pumping station is as follows (link below):

"In 1981, Allentown compelled LCA to remove a portion of LCA’s peak wet weather flows from Allentown’s Little Lehigh Interceptor. LCA built and now operates and maintains relief facilities along the Little Lehigh Creek to address intermittent hydraulic overloading of the Little Lehigh Interceptor: Park Pumping Station and Force Main, and the Keck's Bridge Relief Interceptor between Keck's Bridge and Park Pumping Station. The Park Pumping Station and Force Main were placed in operation in the fall of 1983 to supplement capacity in the Little Lehigh Interceptor and pump it through a force main to
a location approximately 1000 lf upstream of the KIWWTP."

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So, it is to provide relief to the water utility in times of flooding.

Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1983 Full Inscription (unless noted above): Lehigh County Authority Park Pumping Station 1983 General Contractor Dematos Enterprises, Inc. Electrical Contractor Philips Brothers Electrical Contractors, Inc. Website (if available): Not listed

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