Holtwood Dam
Holtwood Dam is the oldest of three major dams built across the lower Susquehanna River, and the middle location of the three. It was constructed as the McCalls Ferry Dam between 1905 and 1910 by the Pennsylvania Water & Power Company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: JNolt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norman Wood Bridge and Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility.
Norman Wood Bridge
Bridge
The Norman Wood Bridge carries Pennsylvania Route 372 across the Susquehanna River between York County, Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Norman Wood Bridge is situated 1 mile southeast of Holtwood Dam.
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility
Power station
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is a pumped-storage hydroelectric generation facility in Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed by the Philadelphia Electric Company and completed in 1968, Muddy Run was the largest pumped-storage facility in the world. Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is situated 2½ miles southeast of Holtwood Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holtwood and Bethesda.
Holtwood
Hamlet
Holtwood is an unincorporated community in Martic Township, Lancaster County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Holtwood is the site of the Muddy Run Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant, along the Susquehanna River.
Bethesda
Hamlet
Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between Township Road 432 and|Lancaster County]], in Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between T-432 and Pennsylvania Route 372. Bethesda is situated 2 miles northeast of Holtwood Dam.
Sunnyburn
Hamlet
Sunnyburn is an unincorporated community in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on Pennsylvania Route 74, three miles south of Airville. Sunnyburn is situated 2½ miles southwest of Holtwood Dam.
Holtwood Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Township of Martic, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Holtwood Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Holtwood Dam”
- Chinese: “霍爾特伍德水壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد هولتوود”
- Italian: “diga di Holtwood”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Холтвуд”
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