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Item Title
Lake Roland Dam, Spanning outlet of Lake Roland near Woodbridge Roa, Towson, Baltimore County, MD
LocationSpanning outlet of Lake Roland near Woodbridge Roa,
Towson vicinity, MD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MD-81
Significance: The Lake Roland Water Supply Project was the first attempt by the City of Baltimore to establish a city-wide water supply system. The dam, spillway and gatehouse are the surviving elements of the system which provided a supply of water to the city from 1861 to 1915. The Lake Roland Water Supply Project is significant as one of the first municipal waterworks in the State of Maryland and as one of the first sites in the United States used for testing hypochlorite water treatment processes.
Subjects
Dams
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. DAM AND GATEHOUSE, VIEW NORTHEAST
2. DAM AND GATEHOUSE, RESERVOIR DRAIN TUNNEL OUTLET, VIEW EAST
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