So the winner for the best I of York County is…
Indian Rock Dam! This was another suggestion from my brother-in-law Mike, who was as always helpful in not only making the suggestion but researching its background!
He found this summary:
Background: The protective works for York, Pennsylvania, consist of Indian Rock Dam about 3 miles upstream from York, and channel improvements on Codorus Creek in the city itself. Indian Rock Dam is an earth and rock structure 1,000 feet long rising 83 feet above the streambed, with a side-channel spillway and gated outlet conduit in the right abutment. The normally dry reservoir area has a storage capacity of 28,000 acre-feet (9.1 billion gallons) at spillway crest and controls a drainage area of 94 square miles, equivalent to 41 percent of the watershed upstream from York. The Codorus Creek project consists chiefly of 22,969 feet of channel improvement including channel widening and deepening, flood walls, levees, protection of bank slopes, and removal of a mill dam which increased channel capacity to 24,000 cubic feet per second. The two components protect the community against flood discharges about 33 percent greater than the record flood of August 1933. Tropical Storm Agnes (June 1972) filled the flood control reservoir and produced spillway flow.
Flood Damages Prevented: Flood damages prevented through FY 2007 are
estimated at $54,582,000.
Cost: The Federal cost of the project was $5,060,000 and was completed
in September 1942.
Jo, who picked ice cream this time around, did have a good reason for her choice (and I admit ice cream was my suggestion, as I certainly associate it with York.) Jo writes: “I have to go with ice cream with all the locations around the county, including Mack’s & Handels (my favorite). York has a long history of dairies and their ice creams similar to pretzels, chips and bakeries.”
Anyway, now it’s time to start voting for your favorite J and to post comments with suggestions for the best K for next week’s poll, if you haven’t already.
My name is Joan and I'm a lifelong Yorker. Throughout high school and college, I swore I was getting out of here as soon as possible. Now, a few years later, I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be. I love my town. And, as a local editor, I hear every day how much you love your towns, too. So please, connect with me and let's share what makes life in York County great. I'm here to help you enjoy this place as much as I do!
My suggestion for the letter “k’ is Kiwanis Lake. Kiwanis Lake is an artificial lake created in 1937 at the 13 acre Farquhar Park. It is now one of the largest breeding grounds in the Commonwealth for a special heron family.
The lake is also a favorite place for fireworks and concerts during the summer.
Children in the city use the lake for fishing, it is also used for recreational activities including just walking around the lake and feeding the ducks and swans.
I never knew Jay’s, a former supermarket, I believe. The Junior League is well known for the good it does in the commnunity. John Rudy and his wife were extremely generous and have a park named after them. Jim McClue–well, Jim is a treasure in his own right. I cannot choose one or the other so will take a pass on the “J” names.
As for “K”–I visited Kawanis Lake for the first time last year and was very pleasantly surprised to find such a gem in the middle of the city. Are there no other “K” names for York? I can’t think of one.
Kennard-Dale is a good “K” name for York County.
Also, Kreutz Creek.