Lake Size: 783-Acre Deepest Depth: 45 ft Latitude: 43.088889 Longitude: -71.138611 Lake Level Above Sea Level: 253 ft (77 M) Counties: Rockingham County Cities: Nottingham Lake Management: Pawtuckaway Lake Improvement Association
Information: Pawtuckaway Lake was partially created due to the industrial expansion in nearby Newmarket in the early 1800s. The area was originally composed of many brooks, which sometimes collected in low spots and formed ponds, such as what was then known as Pawtuckaway Pond. Some of the brooks that ran through the area eventually ran into the Pawtuckaway River. Both the North River and the Pawtuckaway River then ran into the Lamprey River, which created water power for the Newmarket Manufacturing Company, a textile mill. This company, possibly thinking that the water supply was not enough for their needs, came to the area and started to purchase land for a dam and some flooding rights. Two dams were completed around 1836, creating two artificial ponds, one of which was a larger Pawtuckaway Pond. These dams, along with several dikes built to stop the flooding of land that was not purchased, eventually created today's Pawtuckaway Lake.
Pawtuckaway Lake is a 783-acre (3.17 km2) water body located in Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Nottingham. The official name of the lake is Pawtuckaway Pond. The original, natural pond was enlarged in the 1800s by the construction of four dams. Three of the dams, near the southern end of the lake, feed the Pawtuckaway River, which flows southeast to the Lamprey River in the western part of the town of Epping. The fourth dam, located at the north end of the lake, releases water to the Bean River, leading to the North River and ultimately the Lamprey River in the northern part of Epping. The lake is located in the Piscataqua River drainage basin.
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