Bloede Dam

Bloede Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Patapsco River in Maryland. Built in 1906, it was the first submerged hydroelectric plant—that is, the power plant was housed under the spillway.

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Type: Dam
Description: dam in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States of America
Also known as: “Bloede’s Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Baltimore and Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum and Ellicott City Historic District.

Baltimore and Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum

Museum

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The Baltimore and Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum in Ellicott City, Maryland, is the oldest remaining passenger railway station in the United States, and one of the oldest in the world. Baltimore and Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bloede Dam.

Ellicott City Historic District

Historic site

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Ellicott City Historic District is a national historic district in Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland. The Ellicott City Station is a National Historic Landmark located within the district. Ellicott City Historic District is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bloede Dam.

Catonsville High School

School

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Catonsville High School is a four-year public high school in Catonsville, Maryland. It is located on the southwest side of Baltimore County, Maryland, close to the Baltimore border near Anne Arundel and Howard County, just outside the Baltimore Beltway. Catonsville High School is situated 2 miles northeast of Bloede Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ilchester and Oella.

Ilchester

Village

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Ilchester is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The population was 23,476 at the 2010 census. It was named after the village of Ilchester in the English county of Somerset.

Oella

Neighborhood

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Oella is a mill town on the Patapsco River in western Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, located between Catonsville and Ellicott City. It is a 19th-century village of millworkers' homes. Oella is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bloede Dam.

Catonsville

Town

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Catonsville is a town in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 44,701 at the 2020 US Census. The community is a streetcar suburb of Baltimore along the city's western border. Catonsville is situated 2½ miles northeast of Bloede Dam.

Bloede Dam

Location: Baltimore County, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.24716° or 39° 14′ 50″ north

Longitude

-76.76113° or 76° 45′ 40″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87F566WQ+VG

GeoNames ID

4348925

Wikidata ID

Q4927318

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Italian—“Bloede Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bloede Dam”
Italian: “diga di Bloede’s”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Thistle and Patapsco Woods.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Saint Marys College and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish.

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