The Lochmere dam on November 20, 2008. For more information about the operations of the Lochmere dam, click here. Move your cursor over the triangles on the NH map. For upstream operations info, click on the Winnisquam Lake triangle; for downstream operations info, click on the Silver Lake triangle. (Or, click on the “List” tab, and scroll down to and then select LWINH or SLLNH, respectively.) Then, click on the “Station Information” tab at the top right.

For more information about its “run-of-the-river” hydroelectric power generation capability, click here. The original 800kw hydroelectric facility which had been built here in 1910 by the Laconia Gas & Electric company was retired in 1966. Unlike the Lakeport and Avery dams, there were no significant natural falls at this location prior to the construction of the dam.