Dutch Springs is a spring-fed quarry lake located north of the city of Bethlehem

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, Pennsylvania

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. Since 1980, a commercial recreation area, with facilities for scuba diving

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, has operated at the location.
In 1933 the National Portland Cement Company purchased the land now known as Dutch Springs and began manufacturing cement and mining limestone. As the mining operation continued, the quarry began to fill with water.