Five Minute Histories: Loch Raven Reservoir

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8 ай бұрын

Join us today on the shores of a 2400-acre, 23-billion-gallon body of water-Loch Raven Reservoir. We’ll learn about the dam that created Baltimore’s current water supply and the town of Warren that thrived here before the area was flooded. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for another Five Minute Histories video soon.
This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and KZfaq channel.
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@tonyleach9805 2 ай бұрын

My grandfather was in charge of Loch Raven throughout the 60’s 70’ and retired in the 80’s. Him and my grandmother lived in the old house that overlooked the big damn…Great childhood memories

@baltimoreheritage1006 2 ай бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing this family history!

@jim2lane 8 ай бұрын

That $5M appropriated in 1908 for the construction of the larger dam on Lock Raven is approximately $160M in today's dollars

@baltimoreheritage1006 8 ай бұрын

Wow!

@larrymaddox2226 4 ай бұрын

I used to live near the end of Pot Springs Road. my daughter and I would pack snacks in my Marine Corps napsack and walk to the shore of Loch Raven to enjoy the day. I wish I could relive those times.

@baltimoreheritage1006 14 күн бұрын

That sounds lovely.

@user-ji1uf3jj9v 8 ай бұрын

These are awesome! Baltimore Heritage member now.

@baltimoreheritage1006 8 ай бұрын

Welcome and thank you for joining!

@NickK-ux4rb 8 ай бұрын

Mr. Hopkins, your videos are great!! I know you've mentioned that your list is long, but I would love to see a few specific plates at some point: Canton Can Company, Tide Point, Fenwick Bakery in Parkville, and last but definitely not least - Wokenfuss! (IIRC Wokenfuss started out of the basement of a house in Hamilton)

@larrymaddox2226 4 ай бұрын

I now live in Williamsburg, VA. and my wife and I , on occasion, talk about the great products from Fenwick Bakery.

@nclarke372 14 күн бұрын

My Uncle Finley was a Brick layer in the 50and part of the 60s. However he did most of his work in the mills at Sparrows Point. Each blast furnace had a Brick lining that had to be replace regularly. Lots of Baltimore brick. Also the B&O used red brick for many of their station platforms.

@user-rm2rq8fq1l 7 ай бұрын

Before my dad died in 1974, on almost every Sunday my family and I would go to Loch Raven Reservoir to what we called Daddy’s Island in actuality a small peninsula just past the dams.

@user-qo4uq1gu5o 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the quick history. It would be interesting to learn about the history of the Glen Ellen "castle" near the shores of Loch Raven.

@sammyvh11 Ай бұрын

Nice video . I have fished Loch Raven since the mid 1960s. That lake has indeed silted some imo. Many former hard rocky bottoms are now weedbeeds over silt.

@michaelbrand8279 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for another informative video!

@robbyeinolf5417 23 күн бұрын

I remember reading that during World War 2 there were troops stationed in the basement of Sander's store to make sure that the dam(s) remained safe. They were eventually moved to the Maintenance Facility on the hill between the 2 dams. The old Maintenance Facility was torn down and replaced with a new one on the same site.

@baltimoreheritage1006 14 күн бұрын

Wow we never knew this!

@backporchliving3987 8 ай бұрын

One of my favorite places when I was a kid. I caught lots of crappie off the Dulaney Valley bridge.

@baltimoreheritage1006 8 ай бұрын

What's crappie?

@backporchliving3987 8 ай бұрын

@@baltimoreheritage1006 it’s a fish. Kind of like a blue gill.

@lehman 8 ай бұрын

I was looking at some old Topo maps and realized that dulleney valley was an actual valley where the reservoir is.

@gcbwoods 4 ай бұрын

John....you always do such an amazing job. I have learned more than you can imagine.

@moonchild7456 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much--I'd have loved to hear more about the movement of the residents and whether they were fairly compensated. Hard to cover everything in only five minutes, I know...

@baltimoreheritage1006 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for warching!

@SafeSpaceInc 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@KenOhShinobi 8 ай бұрын

Mans is really named Johns Hopkins.

@baltimoreheritage1006 8 ай бұрын

Yes!

@lisaspritzer3608 7 ай бұрын

That's amazing

@KillrMillr7 8 ай бұрын

They covered southern hero, Baltimore Police Commissioner, Col.Harry Gilmour’s family estate, Glen Ellen castle built by his father who owned most of the land where the reservoir now sits.

@kandga 8 ай бұрын

Yes!!❤

@kandga 8 ай бұрын

If I am not mistaken I believe the windows from Glen Ellen are now at the cloisters mansion.

@yodude7488 5 ай бұрын

I heard a rumor years ago that when the water level was low you used to be able to see the church steeple poking out of the water when going over the Warren Road bridge. I never saw it, perhaps it was really the flagpole mentioned in the video.

@comozo924 5 ай бұрын

Flagpole which finally rotted away in the 1940's

@amitisshahbanu5642 7 ай бұрын

Do a National Bohemian brewery

@Dewittburton 8 ай бұрын

Another great 5 minute history! Thanks, Johns. How does Prettyboy Resevoir fit in here?

@stevehasler8922 8 ай бұрын

Prettyboy was built a good twenty years later, at the head of Gunpowder Falls, to add more capacity. They move the water from Prettyboy to the terminal reservoir (Loch Raven) by simply opening the gates and allowing the water to flow down the Gunpowder (whereas the water from Loch Raven travels via tunnels to get to the city treatment center). The cold water from the bottom of Prettyboy is credited with keeping trout fishing viable along the Gunpowder falls.

@baltimoreheritage1006 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this information,@@stevehasler8922

@Dewittburton 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve! @@baltimoreheritage1006

@user-vz3mm8hb1r 3 күн бұрын

Please add some content related to Northern Baltimore County...Hereford, Parkton etc...Prettyboy Reservoir was created soon after Loch Raven..the actual source of the Gunpowder being north of Hoffmanville..just a suggestion

@baltimoreheritage1006 Күн бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions!