Orono Dam | |
Location Map: | Maine |
Coordinates: | 44.8835°N -68.6647°W |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Orono, Penobscot County, Maine |
Opening: | 1960 |
Owner: | Black Bear Hydro |
Dam Height: | 25feet |
Dam Length: | 1125feet[1] |
Dam Crosses: | Stillwater River |
Plant Capacity: | 2.78 MW |
The Orono Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Stillwater River at its confluence with the Penobscot River in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine. As a part of the Penobscot River restoration and the removal of the Great Works and Veazie dams, the Orono Dam and Stillwater Dam will be upgraded to maintain previous levels of power generation.[2] [3]