Graham Lake (Maine)

Infobox lake
lake_name = Graham Lake
image_lake =
caption_lake =
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location = Hancock County, Maine
coords = coord|44.658408|N|68.399188|W|region:US-ME_type:waterbody_source:gnis|display=inline,title
type = eutrophic reservoir
inflow = Union River
outflow = Union River
catchment = convert|499|sqmi|abbr=on
basin_countries = United States
length = convert|13|mi
width =
area = convert|9383|acre|abbr=on
depth = convert|17|ft|abbr=on
max-depth = convert|47|ft|abbr=on
volume = convert|105603|acre.ft|abbr=on|lk=on
residence_time = 3 months
shore = convert|1.8|mi|abbr=on
elevation = convert|106|ft|abbr=on
islands =
cities = Ellsworth, Waltham, Mariaville
frozen =
reference = cite web |url=http://www.bartleby.com/69/46/G03946.html |title=Graham Lake |accessdate=2008-07-31 |author=ed. Saul B. Cohen |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2000 |month= |format= |work=The Columbia gazetteer of North America. |publisher=Columbia University Press |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Graham Lake in Hancock County, Maine is a eutrophic reservoir formed by the construction of a hydro-electric power dam in 1922 four miles upstream from Ellsworth, Maine. The first dam was a hastily built earthen dam built by the Bangor Hydro Electric Company. It failed in 1923, flooding downtown Ellsworth and doing almost $8 million in property damage. The dam was rebuilt and operated by Bangor Hydro until its sale in 1999. The dam has since been acquired by Pennsylvania Power & Light which continues to use it to generate electricity. [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=me&vol=06me88wa&invol=1 "Town of Waltham v. PPL Maine, LLC", 2006 ME 88 (2006). (Calkins, J.).] ] [cite news |first=Milton M. |last=Gross |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= Down the Road a Piece: A Little Dam History|url=http://www.magic-city-news.com/Down_the_Road/Down_the_Road_a_Piece_A_Little_Dam_History_printer8523.shtml |format= |work= |publisher=Magic City Morning Star |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2007-08-26 |accessdate=2008-07-31 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]

Water clarity in the lake is low, [cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinlakes.org/AboutLakes/PDFs/WaterQualityPropValue(MaineStudy).pdf |title=Water Quality Affects Property Prices: A Case Study of Selected Maine Lakes |accessdate=2008-07-31 |author= |last=Michael |first=Holly J. |authorlink= |coauthors=Boyle, Kevin J. and Bouchard, Roy |date= |year=1996 |month=February |format= |work= |publisher=Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station |pages=10 |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=the Ellsworth group had only one lake with poor water clarity (Graham Lake), ] with secchi disk measurements averaging less than 3 meters. Fish in the lake that are of interest to anglers include smallmouth bass, white perch, chain pickerel, landlocked salmon, and brook trout.cite web |url=http://www.pearl.maine.edu/Lake2.asp?Watercode=4350 |title=Lake Overview and Data Access |accessdate=2008-07-31 |author=various |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine |pages=multiple subpages used |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

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*gnis|567021|Graham Lake