Water Company Dam - Jordan Pond - Acadia Nartional Park, Maine
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N 44° 19.325 W 068° 15.284
19T E 559426 N 4907916
The Water Company Dam is a small dam on Jordan Stream that controls Jordan Pond.
Waymark Code: WM912P
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2010
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The website at (
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"Water Company Dam is on the Jordan Stream in Hancock County, Maine and is used for drinking water purposes. Construction was completed in 1920. It has a normal surface area of 187 acres. It is owned by Seal Harbor Water Co.
Water Company Dam is concrete, a gravity dam. Its length is 102 feet. Its capacity is 2685 acre feet. Normal storage is 2238 acre feet. "
Wiki on Jodan pond (
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Jordan Pond is an oligotrophic tarn in Acadia National Park near the town of Bar Harbor, Maine. It covers 187 acres (76 ha), with a maximum depth of 150 feet (46 m) and a shoreline of 3.6 miles (5.8 km).
The pond was formed by the Wisconsin Ice Sheet during the last glacial period. It is flanked on the west by Penobscot Mountain and to the northeast by the two mountains known as the Bubbles. The southern end, and outflow, are limited by the natural Jordan Pond moraine, which has been supplemented by a small dam.
The pond has clear water, with visibility normally 46 feet (14 m) and occasions of up to 60 feet (18 m) recorded, the deepest in Maine. It serves as the water supply for the village of Seal Harbor. It does not experience dissolved oxygen depletion in the lake depths.
Some types of boating are permitted, but humans and pets must stay out of the water.