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York Haven Dam

York Haven Dam is a low head, run-of-the river, dam and hydroelectric plant on the Susquehanna River. The dam is south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the Conewago Falls, where the river drops 19 feet in 1/4 mile. When the dam was completed in 1904, it was the third largest in the world.
The ownership, as of 2006-08-20, runs York Haven Power Company owned by Metropolitan Edison Company, which is operating company of FirstEnergy Corporation. The plant's FERC license runs through August 2014.

See also

*List of dams and reservoirs of the Susquehanna River

References

[and structures in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] [engineering] [engineering] [in Pennsylvania] [River] [of the Susquehanna River] [power plants in Pennsylvania]

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