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Day's Photos Map Mile: 84.4, 07-Aug-98
Dam No. 4. The first dam was begun in 1832 and completed in 1834. A new dam was constructed in 1856; the present dam was begun in 1906 and completed in 1909. The generating plant on the West Virginia side uses horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope drive to horizontal shaft generators, probably the last such plant in the U.S.