Metropolitan Sewerage District Hydropower Plant

Metropolitan Sewerage District's Hydroelectric Facility and the Craggy Dam Reservoir (originally named Weaver Dam) were constructed in 1904 for electric generation by the W.T. Weaver Power Company and supplied power to Asheville Electric Power Company to operate the City’s street railways. In 1926, Carolina Power and Light Company bought the dam and operated it until 1963 at which time it was deemed uneconomical, and operations were discontinued. Soon thereafter, MSD purchased the hydroelectric dam and power generating facility from Carolina Power and Light Company. In 1984, MSD rehabilitated the facility, reconstructed portions of the flume, and began generating power to offset a significant amount of the plant’s annual electrical demand.