National Dam Inspection Program. Ebenezer Dam (NDI Number PA-00599, DER Number 38-8), Susquehanna River Basin, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report.
Abstract
Ebenezer Dam is an earthfill structure, constructed in about 1820 by the Union Canal Company as a feeder for their canal. The embankment length is about 230 feet with a maximum height of 25 feet. The spillway chute, located in the right abutment, makes a sharp drop and bend about 55 feet from the centerline dam and then parallels the embankment abutment and toe and joins the original steambed near the left abutment of the embankment. An abandoned gate structure at the upstream toe of the dam provides an uncontrolled upstream discharge through a 20-inch cast iron pipe. This pipe is closed off at the downstream end by a 12-inch inoperable valve in a small stone /headwall structure. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072242