Wellsville NY based firm provides updates from department heads
From the LC Whitford Company,
Featured Job: Cuba Lake Dam Outlet Replacement
By Keith Burnham,
An ugly job, with beautiful scenery. Hey, got to take the bad with the good sometimes. Fortunately, I have an All-Star crew on this one.
Consisting of: Jim Zink, Joe Weaver, Joe Wood, Danny Friel, and Gabriella Vossler. The project is located about two miles north of the village of Cuba, not far from Moonwinks restaurant. It’s a man-made lake at 1545 feet above sea level, which makes Cuba Lake the highest reservoir in Allegany County. When it was constructed by New York State as a feeder for the Genesee Valley Canal in 1858, it was also the largest man-made lake ever constructed.
The construction extent is approximately 6.2 acres with 0.7 acres of land disturbance. Our work is primarily installing a new three-pipe siphon system, and the existing outlet pipes are to be grouted and abandoned in-place to repair the deficient conditions. The low-level outlet gatehouse will also need to be demolished for the installation of the new system.

The New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has also determined the existing structure to be of cultural and historic value. So great care will be taken to perform the selective demolition of the gatehouse. The existing valves will be set aside for the Cuba Lake District, to be displayed as a historic monument.
So far, we’re about a third of the way through the project, with a substantial completion date of September 2025. Keep up the great work Jim & crew !!






