Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15, 3 miles South of Selinsgrove, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a major component of a conscious plan to modernize and promote a rather depressed county in Pennsylvania. After a period of disuse, it was revived and remained an active hydroelectric site until 1991.

Survey number: HAER PA-220

Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work

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