TOPIC: Dams - Bloede's Dam

Description: The remains of Bloede's Dam, located on the Patapsco River near Ilchester. The dam, built in 1907, was 220 feet long and 40 feet wide at the base with a drop of 26 and 1/2 feet. It was constructed as an Amburson Hydraulic Construction Company (Boston type) reinforced concrete slab and buttress dam. Bloede's Dam was the first known instance of a submerged hydroelectric plant where the power plant was actually housed under the spillway.

Date: 1930s or 1940s
Photographer: unknown
Source: unknown
(The digitized image of this photograph has been edited to improve its appearance.)

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