Bloede's Dam
Patapsco Electric and Manufacturing of Ellicott City brought fame to the Patapsco River corridor in 1906 when it constructed the world’s first underwater hydroelectric plant. Named Bloede's Dam after the company’s president, Victor Gustav Bloede (pronounced as Blerda). Bloede, a German immigrant, was also the founder of The Avalon Waterworks in the same area. Bloede's dam and power generating plant was located near Gray's Mill on the Patapsco River an area now part of Patapsco Valley State Park Avalon Area.
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