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Lake Tangipahoa Dam is an embankment dam on the Tangipahoa River in Pike County, Mississippi. It forms Lake Tangipahoa within the Percy Quin State Park.
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Lake Tangipahoa Dam
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Lake Tangipahoa Dam is an embankment dam on the Tangipahoa River in Pike County, Mississippi. It forms Lake Tangipahoa within the Percy Quin State Park.
The dam was completed in 1940 and in 1942 it failed. It was rebuilt in 1945 at a cost of $75,000.
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