Improvements at Flat Rock Dam

More than 200 years ago the Schuylkill Navigation Company was formed to construct and operate the Schuylkill Canal to transport coal, the energy source that would fuel the industrial revolution, from the mines in central Pennsylvania to the markets in Philadelphia. The Schuylkill Navigation System was a sophisticated system of low head dams, slack water pools, locks, one tunnel, and aqueducts created to form a continuous navigable waterway stretching along the Schuylkill River from its headwaters near Port Carbon to Fairmount Dam in Philadelphia. 

The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) engaged Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions, Inc. (Ramboll) to provide a full suite of engineering services for major improvements to Flat Rock Dam including a new intake structure, waste weir, and sluiceway, along with site improvements. Ramboll provided site investigations, design, permitting, and construction administration services to create an efficient and resilient design to meet the project goals.