Harris Station Dam

Kennebec River, Maine. Harris Station Dam stands a few miles downstream from its source, Moosehead Lake

Harris Station Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Northeast Somerset, Somerset County, Maine.

Also known as the Indian Pond Project, the dam was built from 1952 to 1954 as the largest hydroelectric dam in the state of Maine. It impounds the Kennebec River at the southern end of the natural Indian Pond, about 10 miles downstream from Moosehead Lake.[1]

The concrete gravity structure is 175 feet high and was named for Ford Harris, the chief engineer of original builders Central Maine Power.[2] The dam creates about 86 megawatts of hydroelectric power. It is now owned and operated by Brookfield Renewable.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://blog.northernoutdoors.com/blog/maine-rafting-vacations/harris-station-dam-the-key-to-kennebec-river-rafting-
  2. ↑ https://wiki.colby.edu/display/es398b/History+of+Harris
  3. ↑ http://brookfieldrenewable.com/content/maine-30910.html

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Coordinates: 45°27′38″N 69°51′55″W / 45.46049°N 69.86534°W / 45.46049; -69.86534

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