Carroll County Celebrates 60 Years of Liberty Reservoir this Saturday

By Kirsten Petersen 

Baltimore and Carroll counties will commemorate 60 years of providing residents with raw drinking water from the Liberty Reservoir this Saturday, July 27.

The free event, called Liberty Reservoir Day, will take place at the Liberty Dam on Liberty Dam Road from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Citizens will get a chance to view the dam from the observation deck, which will only be open to the public during the event.

Live entertainment, children’s activities, and demonstrations from the Chesapeake Search Dogs will be on throughout the event. Visitors can also learn about the drinking water system and see rescued native wildlife. 

Public officials from Baltimore and Carroll county fire companies, police departments and environmental protection groups will attend the event.

Baltimore pursued opportunities to provide drinking water beginning in the 1800s when it began to develop a central water system, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Liberty Reservoir didn’t come along until the summer of 1951 when construction began on the dam, the Sun reported. The reservoir was completed in September 1953 and filled with water a month later, according to the newspaper.

For more information about Liberty Reservoir Day, call 410-545-6541.