TOPIC: Dams - Bloede's Dam

Description: Bloede's Dam on the Patapsco River near Ilchester. Built in 1907, the dam was 220 feet long and was 40 feet wide at the base with a drop of 26 1/2 feet. It was an Amburson Hydraulic Construction Company (Boston type) reinforced concrete, slab and buttress dam. It also was the first known instance of a submerged hydroelectric plant where the power plant was actually housed under the spillway. Windows of the power plant can be seen on the left of the spillway. The dam was destroyed during tropical storm Agnes in 1972.

Date: 1930s
Photographer: Blakeslee-Lane Studio
Source: George Blakeslee
(The digitized image of this photograph has been edited to improve its appearance.)

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