The Dam may be on its way out.
The Department of Natural Resources is considering removing the 105-year-old Bloede Dam in Patapsco Valley State Park to improve safety and ease the journey of fish passing through the river.
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will hold two meetings at the Catonsville Library this week for public input.
The 105-year-old Bloede Dam in Patapsco Valley State Park may be removed, in an effort to improve safety and improve fish passage through the Patapsco River. It's an option that the Department of Natural Resources is considering and would like public input on. The dam, which was built in 1907, is the largest of the dams along the river at 30 feet high and 160 feet long. State officials have been removing dams upstream since 2010, according to a study on the dam. While fish ladders were added in the 1990s to help fish navigate the dam, studies have shown that very few fish travel up the dam, according to a state report. Also, several people have died on the dam over the years, making it a public safety hazard, officials say. Have you taken …
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K Younkin
9:57 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
Whatever we can do to help the Patapsco River should be the most important thing. The historical significance of the dam can be memorialized in a diffenent way, and this would have to be worked out. I vote to remove the dam. more ›