PE Hydro Generation LLC,Dam No.4 Hydro Station -Scrabble, West Virginia, USA
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N 39° 29.583 W 077° 49.607
18S E 256912 N 4375308
This hydro plant is located at Dam No. 4 on the Potomac River, West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM17PT8
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2023
Views: 3
This location is Dam #4 on the Potomac river, it was constructed in 1910 by the Martinsburg Electric Company to serve as a power generation station for the growing needs of the county. It played a major role in the industrial development of the area.
The power plant is a tall, one-story building sitting on a stone foundation on the banks of the Potomac River. There are two water driven generator wheels. This plant is still operated by Alleghany Power and still uses African sisal rope in the rope drives and South American guaiacum tree wood bearings. This is the last commercially operated rope-driven hydroelectric plant in the United States. The Power Plant was listed on the National Register of Historic Pl;aces on December 10, 1980.
Wikipedia
Operational: yes
Type of power station: Conventional (dams)
Type of turbine: Other/Unknown
Operator: PE Hydro Generation, LLC, Schenley Pennsylvania
Date built: 01/01/1910
Visitor center: Not Listed
Generation capacity: Not listed
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