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Item Title
Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV
LocationOn Potomac River,
Hedgesville vicinity, WV
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER WV-28
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-15).
Significance: The plant epitomizes the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction. Dam 5 is equipped with two single-runner, vertical shaft turbines, each directly connected to a vertical shaft "umbrella type" generator.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1904. VIEW OF HONEYWOOD MILL SETTLEMENT AT DAM 5, ORIGINALLY ERECTED AS A FLOUR MILL IN THE 1830s, CONVERTED TO A PULP GRINDING MILL IN THE 1880; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED BY MARTINSBURG POWER COMPANY IN 1904. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
2. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1904. VIEW OF TAILRACE ELEVATION OF ORIGINAL MARTINSBURG POWER COMPANY POWER HOUSE AT DAM NO. 5. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library, Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
3. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1904. INTERIOR OF ORIGINAL POWER HOUSE, SHOWING A ROPE DRIVEN WARREN 450 KW, 12,000 VOLT (LATER REWOUND TO 2,200 VOLT), 3 PHASE, 60 CYCLE, A.C. GENERATOR, WITH BELT-DRIVEN WARREN 7-1/2 KW, 125 VOLT, 4 POLE, 1,150 RPM EXCITER. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library, Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
4. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1904. INTERIOR OF ORIGINAL POWER HOUSE, SHOWING M.P.C. SUPERINTENDENT H. B. SHOEMAKER BESIDE SWITCH. AT LEFT IS A REPLOGLE RELAY WATER WHEEL GOVERNOR THAT CONNECTED TO TWO OF THE THREE TURBINES. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library, Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
5. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1904. VIEW OF 12,000 VOLT TRANSMISSION LINE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL POWER HOUSE AT DAM NO. 5 AND MARTINSBURG. (From the collection of Mr. Charles Morrison, Hagerstown, MD)
6. DEMOLITION OF HONEYWOOD MILL/ORIGINAL DAM NO. 5 POWER HOUSE. DERRICK MOVING RUBBLE TO BE CRUSHED AND USED AS AGGREGATE IN CONCRETE FOR FOUNDATION OF NEW PLANT, c. 1917.
7. DEMOLITION OF ORIGINAL BUILDING. NOTE IN CENTER REMAINS OF ORIGINAL TAILRACE, c. 1917.
8. VIEW OF DEMOLITION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION, SHOWING LOCATION OF NEW FOREBAY. NOTE COFFERDAM IN RIVER, CONCRETE MIXING PLANT ON HILL AND OLD TURBINE WICKET GATES AT LEFT, c. 1917.
9. VIEW OF HEAD FACE EXCAVATION AND FOREBAY INLET CONSTRUCTION. NOTE HONEYWOOD MILL SUBTERRANEAN HEAD RACE EXPOSED AT LEFT, c. 1917.
10. VIEW OF DEMOLITION OF OLD PLANT, SHOWING HAND LOADING OF RUBBLE, c. 1917.
11. DETAIL OF EXTREMELY DETERIORATED CONDITION OF ORIGINAL STONE DAM ABUTMENT AND REASON FOR ENCASING ABUTMENT IN CONCRETE, c. 1918.
12. CONSTRUCTION OF FOREBAY; SLUICEGATE IN CENTER AND ORIGINAL STONE DAM ABUTMENT ENCASED IN CONCRETE ON RIGHT, March 14, 1918.
13. VIEW SHOWING EXCAVATION FOR NEW POWERHOUSE. AT REAR IS FOREBAY EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION, c. 1918.
14. FLOODED POWER HOUSE FOUNDATION EXCAVATION BEING PUMPED OUT. NOTE KEYS IN FOREBAY ABUTMENT TO INTERLOCK WITH POWER HOUSE FOUNDATION, March 1918.
15. TAILRACE VIEW OF POWER HOUSE REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION, c. 1918.
16. GENERAL VIEW FROM TAILRACE OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW POWER HOUSE. NOTE USE STEAM PUMPS FOR REMOVING WATER FROM EXCAVATION AREA AND PORTABLE STEAM ENGINE FOR OPERATING AIR COMPRESSORS, c. 1918.
17. VIEW OF FOREBAY, TRASH RACK FRAMING, AND POWER HOUSE CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL, c. 1918.
18. COMPLETION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION TO THE LEVEL OF THE GENERATION ROOM FLOOR, c. 1918.
19. GENERAL VIEW OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION SHOWING TAILRACE COFFER DAM, C. 1918.
20. DETAIL VIEW OF COMPLETED CONCRETE DRAFT TUBE, July 28, 1918.
21. REINFORCED CONCRETE FOREBAY INLET OPENINGS. NOTE BOLTS SUNK INTO BUTTRESSES TO ACCEPT TAINTER-TYPE HEAD GATES (WHICH WERE NEVER INSTALLED), c. 1918.
22. VIEW OF FOREBAY SIDE, WITH STRUCTURAL STEEL ERECTED, OVERHEAD CRANE INSTALLED, AND LAYING OF BRICK WALLS IN PROGRESS, July 28, 1918
23. TAILRACE SIDE OF BUILDING, SHOWING GENERAL WORK PROGRESS, WINDOW FRAMES IN PLACE, AND EXCAVATION OF TAILRACE, July 28, 1918
24. EAST ELEVATION. NOTE MANUAL LABOR USED IN EXCAVATING TAILRACE ON LEFT, AND FORM WORK FOR CONCRETE TAILRACE WALL ON RIGHT, July 28, 1918.
25. SOUTH AND EAST VIEWS, July 28, 1918.
26. EAST VIEW SHOWING WALLS AND ROOF INSTALLED, TAILRACE EXCAVATION NEARING COMPLETION, c. 1918.
27. VIEW SHOWING USE OF DERRICKS TO LIFT AND INSTALL GENERATOR UNIT 1 IN BUILDING, c. 1918.
28. INTERIOR VIEW SHOWING GENERATOR UNIT 2 IN PLACE AND SWITCH BOARD BEING WIRED, c. 1918.
29. EXTERIOR VIEW OF FOREBAY SIDE. NOTE COMPLETION OF WOODEN SOUTH WALL WHICH FACILITATED EASY GENERATOR MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF BUILDING. ALSO NOTE ELECTRIC TURBINE PIT GATE HOISTING MACHINE, c. 1918.
30. VIEW OF 22,000 VOLT SUBSTATION MEOWING STEP-UP TRANSFORMERS TO RIGHT, PRIOR TO THEIR INSTALLATION, c. 1918.
31. GENERAL VIEW OF CONTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FROM MARYLAND SIDE. NOTE DETERIORATED CONDITION OF DAM CAP, c. 1918.
32. VIEW OF FOREBAY WITH WATER ADMITTED, NOTE TRASH RACKS IN PLACE AT BOTTOM OF PHOTO, LAMP IN PLACE ON PIT WALL AND ABSENCE OF TAINTER GATES ON FOREBAY INLET BUTTRESSES, c. 1918-9
33. VIEW SHOWING DAM BEING CAPPED TO RAISE WATER LEVEL. NOTE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FROM BOTH ENDS, c. 1919.
34. VIEW OF COFFERDAM USED IN DAM CAPPING OPERATIONS. NOTE BARGE AT RIGHT DUMPING FILL DIRT TO INCREASE WATER TIGHTNESS OF COFFER DAM, c. 1918.
35. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1918. PLACING DAM CAP AT WEST VIRGNIA SIDE ABUTMENT. CONCRETE FOREBAY INLET WALLS APPEAR AT LEFT. (Photographs by Sanderson and Porter, Consulting Engineers (New York, NY) from the collection of Mr. Charles Morrison, Hagerstown, MD)
36. NORTH ELEVATION FROM ACROSS POTOMAC RIVER IN MARYLAND. Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
37. Photocopy of photograph, c.1930. FOREBAY (WEST) ELEVATION. NOTE ABSENCE OF MONITORS. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
38. WEST (UPSTREAM) ELEVATION AND FOREBAY Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
39. SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS AND TRASH RACKS Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
40. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1935. TAILRACE (EAST) ELEVATION. Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
41. TAILRACE (EAST) ELEVATION Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
42. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1930. DETAIL OF 33,000 VOLT HIGH TENSION SUBSTATION AND STEP UP TRANSFORMERS. (From the collection of the files of Mr. Tony Robucci, Supervisor for Minor Stations, Potomac Edison Company, Hagerstown, MD)
43. EXTERIOR TRANSFORMER BANK, ADJACENT TO THE POWER HOUSE. Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
44. Photocopy of photograph, October 20, 1933. VIEW OF FOREBAY AND INLET OPENINGS, NOTE SLUICE GATE AND DAM AT LOWER RIGHT. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
45. VIEW UPSTREAM AT FOREBAY, INLET GATES, PIT GATES AND TRASH RACKS. Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
46. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1933. VIEW OF DAM AND FOREBAY. NOTE ALL WATER FLOWING THROUGH FOREBAY AND OUT EITHER TAILRACE OR SLUICE GATE (INSTEAD OF OVER DAM) BECAUSE OF LOW WATER FLOW. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing
47. VIEW OF DAM NO. 5 FROM POWER HOUSE. Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
48. VIEW OF DAM NO. 5 Taken by Jet Lows, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
49. Photocopy of photograph, October 22, 1933. VIEW OF POWER HOUSE, FOREBAY AND RIVER. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
50. Photocopy of photograph, April 27, 1937. VIEW OF POWER HOUSE AND SUBSTATION DURING FLOOD. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
51. Photocopy of photograph, October 16, 1942. VIEW, LOOKING DOWNSTREAM, OF POWER HOUSE DURING FLOOD. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam NO. 5 listing)
52. GENERAL VIEW OF GENERATOR ROOM, LOOKING NORTH. Taken by Jet Lows, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
53. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1946. GENERAL INTERIOR VIEW OF GENERATOR ROOM. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
54. GENERAL VIEW DOWN TO GENERATOR ROOM FROM SWITCHBOARD BALCONY Taken by Jet Lows, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
55. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, AT LOMBARD TYPE 'T' GOVERNOR, MOTOR DRIVEN EXCITER, AND SWITCHBOARD GALLERY Taken by Jet Lows, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
56. DETAIL OF GENERATOR UNIT 1 AND ITS GOVERNOR Taken by Jet Lows, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
57. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1946. DETAIL OF GENERATOR UNIT 2, GOVERNOR, AND SWITCHBOARD. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
58. Photocopy of photograph, no date. VIEW OF GENERATOR UNIT 2. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Properties-Buildings and Equipment listing)
59. DETAIL OF LOMBARD GOVERNOR Taken by Jet Lows, HAER staff photographer, September 1980
60. Photocopy of photograph, no date. DETAIL OF SWITCHBOARD. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Properties-Buildings and Equipment listing)
61. Photocopy of photograph, c. 1949. DETAIL OF SWITCHBOARD WITH MODIFICATIONS. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files, Dam No. 5 listing)
62. GENERAL VIEW OF GROUND FLOOR WITH TURBINE SHAFT AND COVER Taken by Jet Lowe, HAER staff photographer, Septembr 1980
63. Photocopy of photograph, no date. MAP OF POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY SYSTEM. (Courtesy of the Potomac Edison Company Library (Hagerstown, MD), Historical Data Files
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