Power went to the towns of Nighthawk and Oroville, as well as the nearby Owasco, Ivanhoe, Ruby and Canba mines.

Eugene Enloe of the Okanogan Valley Power Company was able to secure the rights to the site in 1916, hiring C.F.

[6] The concrete powerhouse is in a partly ruinous state, and options have been presented to stabilize or demolish the structure when the proposed new hydroelectric development is undertaken.

[7] The powerhouse was fed by two wood stave penstocks, 7 feet (2.1 m) in diameter, running to Pelton wheels driving two 1.6 megawatt generators.

[5] Yet another application was submitted in August 2008, seeking to build a new powerplant to generate 9 megawatts, fed by a new intake channel.

[8] Enloe Dam was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1978[1] as an example of early power development in rural Washington.