Skelton Dam

Skelton Dam
Location of Skelton Dam in Maine
Country	United States
Location	Buxton / Dayton, Maine
Coordinates	43°34′10″N 070°33′32″W / 43.56944°N 70.55889°W / 43.56944; -70.55889Coordinates: 43°34′10″N 070°33′32″W / 43.56944°N 70.55889°W / 43.56944; -70.55889
Purpose	Power, flood control
Status	Operational
Opening date	1948
Owner(s)	Florida Power & Light
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Saco River
Height	76 ft (23 m)
Length	1,695 ft (517 m)
Spillway type	Gate-controlled
Spillway capacity	69,600 cu ft/s (1,971 m³/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	33,500 acre·ft (41,321,642 m³)
Catchment area	1,622 sq mi (4,201 km²)
Surface area	488 acres (2 km²)
Power station
Hydraulic head	76 ft (23 m)
Installed capacity	16.8 MW^[1]

The Skelton Dam is an embankment dam on the Saco River between the towns of Buxton and Dayton in York County, Maine. It is located about 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Saco and Biddeford. The dam was completed in 1948 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation. The largest fish lift in Maine was completed on the dam in 2001. The dam and facilities are owned by Brookfield Renewable.^[2]

References

↑ "Hydropower Projects in Maine" (PDF). Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
↑ "Skelton Dam and Fish Passage" (PDF). FPL Energy. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

Saco River watershed

Tributaries	Bearcamp River Beech River Charles River Chocorua River Cold River Cold River (Bearcamp) Cutler River Dan Hole River Deer River Dry River East Branch Saco River East Branch Whiteface River East Fork East Branch Saco River Ellis River Hancock Brook Kezar River Little Cold River Little Ossipee River Little River Little Saco River Lovell River Mad River Middle Branch Mad River Mill Brook New River Old Course Saco River Ossipee River Pequawket Brook Pine River Rocky Branch Sawyer River Shepards River South Branch Mad River South River Swift River Swift River (Bearcamp) Tenmile River West Branch West Branch Tenmile River Whiteface River Wonalancet River

Lakes	Lake Arrowhead Balch Pond Barker Pond Broad Bay Chocorua Lake Conway Lake Dan Hole Pond Echo Lake Hancock Pond Kezar Lake Lovewell Pond Moose Pond Ossipee Lake Pine River Pond Province Lake Sand Pond Silver Lake Skelton Dam

Towns	Acton Arundel Baldwin Bartlett Biddeford Bridgton Brownfield Buxton Chocorua Conway Cornish Dayton Denmark Eaton Effingham Freedom Fryeburg Hart's Location Hiram Hollis Limerick Limington Lovell Lyman Madison Newfield Ossipee Parsonsfield Porter Saco Sebago Shapleigh Standish Stoneham Stow Sweden Tamworth Tuftonboro Wakefield Waterboro Waterford

Landmarks	Crawford Notch Maine Central Railroad U.S. Route 302 White Mountains

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