Herrington Lake

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lake_name = Herrington Lake
image_lake = Herrington Lake.jpg.jpg
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location = Boyle County, Kentucky
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type = artificial lake
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area = convert|2335|acre|km2|0
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max-depth = convert|249|ft|m|0|abbr=on
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Herrington Lake is a convert|2335|acre|km2|0|sing=on artificial lake located in Boyle, Mercer and Garrard counties in Kentucky, USA. The lake was created by Kentucky Utilities' damming of the Dix River in 1925 to generate hydroelectric power.cite book |editor=Kleber, John E. |others=Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title="The Kentucky Encyclopedia" |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0813117720 |chapter=Lakes] With a maximum depth of convert|249|ft|m|0, Herrington Lake is the deepest lake in Kentucky.cite web |url=http://www.hlcl.org/Main/page4.html |title=Herrington Lake History |publisher= [http://www.hlcl.org Harrington Lake Conservation League] |accessdate=2006-12-09] It contains many species of fish, including striped, yellow, and white bass. [cite web |url=http://fw.ky.gov/WaterBodyDetail.aspx?wid=117%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09&hndacc=N&atype=*&CID=* |title=Herrington Lake |publisher=Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife |accessdate=2006-12-09]

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