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C&O Canal Dam 5, 1904; building on far side of dam

The contract to build Dam 5 was awarded August 25, 1832 to Byrnes and Co. By March work had started on the Dam and it would be finished in December of 1834 at the cost of $47,088.67. That original dam consisted of wooden cribs filled with rubble stone and covered with heavy boards. Dam 5 was rebuilt in the 1860s as a stone masonry dam. Besides being used by the Canal from 1835 until 1936 it was also used as a means to generate electricity by the early 1900’s.