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The Conowingo Dam (also Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant, Conowingo Hydroelectric Station) is a large hydroelectric dam in the lower Susquehanna River near the town of Conowingo, Maryland. The medium-height, masonry gravity dam is one of the largest non-federal hydroelectric dams in the U.S., and the largest dam in the state of Maryland.
A new town, named Conowingo Village, was created in 1928, on the Harford County side of the dam. It was initially a company town to house the dam's plant managers and workers. From the 1980s to 2000, the power company leased the homes to non-workers. In October 2000, the village was shuttered.
Shamokin Dam: 0: PA: Original low head navigation and canal feeder. Demolished 1904. Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam near Sunbury, Pennsylvania: 8 ft (2.4 m) 0: PA: Shamokin Dam power plant low head dam: 0: PA: Clarks Ferry Dam: 0: PA: Canal for the Wiconisco Canal around the site of Clarks Ferry Bridge. Demolished. Dock Street Dam: 6 ft (1.8 m) 0 ...
Conowingo Dam: US 1: Harford County and Cecil County Conowingo Bridge (demolished and ...
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Maryland, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Maryland had a total summer capacity of 11,908 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 37,139 GWh. [2]
Conowingo Dam, on the Susquehanna River; Conowingo Bridge, formerly across the Susquehanna River This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 19:22 (UTC). Text ...
Muddy Run Reservoir was created by damming Muddy Run with a 4,800 feet (1,500 m) long, 250 feet (76 m) high, rock-filled dam. [1] The lower reservoir is the Conowingo Reservoir, created in the Susquehanna River by the Conowingo Dam, with a normal pool elevation of 109 feet (33 m). The power house uses excess grid capacity during off peak hours ...
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