The generating station only provides a very small portion of Ann Arbor's energy supply.

The facility was built by the Detroit Edison Company. The Superior Station Hydroelectric Plant was constructed alongside the dam in 1920. Only Argo Dam and Barton Dam are actually within the city of Ann Arbor. The other dams are the Geddes Dam, Argo Dam, and Barton Dam. The dam is one of four dams owned by the city of Ann Arbor. The crosswalk over the dam is also restricted. The east side of the dam contains the hydroelectric plant and is not accessible to the public at any point. Foot paths are cut through the woods leading to the west side of the river and the dam. The reservoir and the downstream portion of the dam are open to the public, but there are no developed pathways or roads leading to the river at this point. The river narrows at this point, and the dam has a discharge capacity of 17,200 cubic feet per second (487 m 3/s). It sits at an elevation of 730 feet (220 m) above sea level and has an average depth of 22.4 feet (6.8 m). The reservoir has no official name but is sometimes referred to as the Superior Pond or Superior Impoundment. When the dam was completed, the resulting flooding created an unnamed reservoir of 93 acres (38 ha).

The Geddes Dam is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) upstream, and the Peninsular Paper Dam is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream. The Superior Dam is approximately 43 miles (69 km) from the Huron River mouth at Lake Erie. The Superior Dam is located in southwestern Superior Township about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the city of Ann Arbor.

It was completed in 1920 and currently provides hydroelectricity to the nearby city of Ann Arbor, which owns and maintains the dam and power station. It is located in Superior Township in Washtenaw County in the U.S. The Superior Dam is a hydroelectric barrage dam crossing the Huron River.

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