Ford Lake Dam
The Ford Lake Dam is an earthen, multi-arch hydroelectric gravity dam and powerhouse crossing the Huron River in Ypsilanti Charter Township in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan.Photo: Notorious4life, CC0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States of America
- Also known as: “Ford Dam” and “Rawsonville Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lakeside Park and North Hydro Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rawsonville and Ypsilanti Charter Township.
Rawsonville
Hamlet
Rawsonville is an unincorporated community on the boundary of Washtenaw and Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Small parts of the historic community of Rawsonville lie under Belleville Lake, which is an artificial reservoir created in 1925 when the Eastern Michigan Edison Company built the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse along the Huron River.
Ypsilanti Charter Township
Town
Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0.
Ypsilanti Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 55,670 at the 2020 census. The city of Ypsilanti is mostly surrounded by the township, but the two are administered autonomously. Ypsilanti Charter Township is situated 2½ miles west of Ford Lake Dam.
Ypsilanti
Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0.
Ypsilanti commonly shortened to Ypsi, is a city in Michigan, six miles east of Ann Arbor. "Ypsilanti" commonly refers to either or both of the City of Ypsilanti and the Charter Township of Ypsilanti, which lies mostly south of the city, with small portions to both the east and west of the city, and may also include neighboring parts of other townships.
Ford Lake Dam
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“Ford Lake Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ford Dam”
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