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Power Dam

Abandoned Bridge/Locks in Casselman, Ontario

Sep 18 2012

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When the water is low, you can explore behind the spillway in the area where the water was channelled into the old power mill. This picture is looking north at the power mill.
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I’m sure it won’t be long before this wall collapses.
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Looking south at the collapsing bridge (seen in other gallery)
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The water is calm, but it’s full of old debris and metal rebar from broken parts of the structure.
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What’s left of the old bridge. Kinda looks like vines the way the rebar has bent down.
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This is the old power mill, at least that’s what I can determine. The locals call this entire place the “Power Dam”. Some friends of mine played here as children. There are two rooms where the water was collected and directed down large shafts.
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The rooms are quite large. I estimate 16’ high ceiling and about 10’ across.
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Holes on the floor. I’m not sure about the purpose of the rectangular hole, but the circular one is a large metal shaft that goes down about 10’ into the large area under the cement floor.
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Looking down the shaft. Full of debris now.
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Looking down the rectangular hole.
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Looking down the rectangular hole again. The picture doesn’t do justice to the size of the area under the floor. When you look down the rectangular hole, you can feel a breeze of wind – adds an eerie chill to the place.
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Second room on the right. Not as impressive as the previous, and the floor was full of old branches. I didn’t dare walk on them for fear of falling through a hole I couldn’t see.
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Second room. I'm not sure what the metal circle on the wall is for.
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This was the exit path for the water entering the power mill. It’s partially blocked now, but you could still crawl through if you wanted – I didn’t. To the left of this picture is the new power station that replaced this old one.
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Up on land to the east of the old power mill, you’ll find this large propeller. I can only assume this was at the bottom of the large shafts powering a generator.
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