TOPIC: Dams - Bloede's Dam

Description: Bloede's Dam on the Patapsco River was built near Ilchester in 1907. The dam was 220 feet long, 40 feet wide at the base and had a drop of 26 ½ feet. It was an Amburson Hydraulic Construction Company (Boston type) reinforced concrete slab and buttress dam. It was the first known instance of a submerged hydroelectric plant where the power plant was actually housed under the spillway. An image of the 34-inch Poole & Hunt Leffel Wheels and the 30-inch Samson Turbine.

Date: 1907
Photographer: unknown
Source: Patapsco State Park
(The digitized image of this photograph has been edited to improve its appearance.)

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