West Enfield Dam | |
Location Map: | Maine |
Coordinates: | 45.2503°N -68.6491°W |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Penobscot County, Maine |
Opening: | 1894 |
Dam Height: | 23feet |
Dam Length: | 970feet[1] |
Dam Crosses: | Penobscot River |
Plant Commission: | 1988 |
Plant Turbines: | 2 × 11.4 MW bulb |
Plant Capacity: | 22.8 MW |
The West Enfield Dam, also known as the Stanford Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Penobscot River just above its confluence with the Piscataquis River between the towns of Enfield and Howland in Penobscot County, Maine, USA.The dam actually traverses a thin strip of the territory of the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation. The dam has a fish passage.[2] Its power plant has an 13 MW installed capacity.[3]