#82483: Laurel Feeder Dam

The Laurel Feeder Dam or Dam #4 is represented by three images in a collage.

The image in the upper left shows a picture taken from the overflow side of the dam with whitewater cascading over the 8-foot high cement dam that stretches across the Whitewater River. In the foreground is a limestone block pillar which frames the dam and secures the intake or “regulator“ gate to supply water to the canal. (photo courtesy of Candy Yurcak)

The square image on the upper right shows a much earlier version of the dam when it was built of three cascading levels of wood. In this black and white historic image, pre-1940, there is no water flowing over the dam. (photo courtesy of Indiana Department of Conservation)

The lower horizontal image is an aerial shot of the feeder dam showing the Whitewater River flowing over the 372’ wide dam at dusk making a white ribbon across the tree-lined river.