♦︎♦︎ Norristown Dam
DANGER! Norristown Dam. 40.110386, -75.347069
For your safety, Pennsylvania law does not allow boat traffic between the buoy line and dam.
To continue downriver below this dam, you must portage. Take out on RR at the Upper Merion Boathouse (40.109239,-75.349581) and portage 0.2-mile to the Bridgeport put-in (40.109186,-75.346217).
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Action Map from “A Paddler’s Guide to the Schuylkill River Water Trail”
For more information about the portage take-out and put-in for this dam, see “Upper Merion Boathouse” and “Bridgeport Access” in the Water Trail Landings.