Jun 15, 2008

A powerful revival: Old dam in Pa. upgraded as electricity source



HOLTWOOD, Pa. (Baltimore Sun) - The century-old dam on the Susquehanna River doesn't look like an energy source of the future.
Weeds sprout out of cracks in the weathered Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam, 12 miles upriver from Maryland.
Inside the generating building, antique brass volt meters look like something from Dr. Frankenstein's lab. Water snakes slither across the floor. Continued


Photo: The Conestoga Area Historical Society

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