Design
Victor Bloede hired electrical engineer Otto Wonder to oversee the development of this unique hydroelectric dam. The dam was 220 feet (67 m) long, 40 feet (12 m) wide at the base and had a drop of 26.5 feet (8.1 m). It was an Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company (Boston type) reinforced concrete slab and buttress dam. It was the first known instance of a submerged hydroelectric plant where the power plant was actually housed under the spillway. It is also recognized as one of the earliest dams constructed of reinforced concrete. The dam was not only the first of its kind in design but in technology as well state of the art equipment by 1907 standards was housed within its core. The power generating plant was built with 34-inch Poole & Hunt Leffel Wheels and 30-inch Samson Turbines.
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