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Excavators removing the Veazie Dam on the Penobscot River in 2013.
This is a list of dams in Maine that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
Completed removals
| Dam[1] | Height | Year removed | Location | Watercourse | Watershed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little River Dam | 2009 | Lisbon 43°59′40″N 70°03′01″W / 43.9944°N 70.0502°W |
Little River | Androscoggin River | ||
| Farnsworth Dam | 13 ft (4.0 m) | 2019 | Lisbon 44°01′16″N 70°05′31″W / 44.0211°N 70.092°W |
Sabattus River | Woolen mill dam. | |
| Upper River Dam (Upper Town Dam) | 8 ft (2.4 m) | 2022 | Lisbon 44°01′58″N 70°06′14″W / 44.0329°N 70.104°W |
Timber mill dam owned by the Town of Lisbon. | ||
| Unnamed remnant dam | 2010 | Washburn 46°46′52″N 68°09′31″W / 46.7811°N 68.1587°W |
Salmon Brook | Aroostook River | ||
| Washburn Mill Pond Dam | 2014 | Washburn 46°47′31″N 68°09′26″W / 46.792°N 68.1571°W |
Dam built for recreation, owned by the Town of Washburn. | |||
| Unnamed remnant dam | 2013 | Riley Township 44°30′05″N 70°55′17″W / 44.5014°N 70.9213°W |
Sunday River | |||
| Wight's Pond Dam | 3 ft (0.91 m) | 2017 | Penobscot 44°27′04″N 68°40′27″W / 44.4511°N 68.6742°W |
Winslow Stream | Bagaduce River | Pond level dam owned by the Town of Penobscot, Maine. The dam was replaced with an fish passage to allow alewife to access the pond for spawning.[2] |
| Smelt Brook Dam | 2018 | Sullivan 44°30′18″N 68°09′41″W / 44.5049°N 68.1614°W |
Smelt Brook | Frenchman Bay | Dam created a trout pond. Owned by the Downeast Salmon Federation. | |
| Kate Furbish Dam | 13 ft (4.0 m) | 2016 | Brunswick 43°51′58″N 69°56′04″W / 43.8661°N 69.9345°W |
Tributary to Harpswell Cove | Harpswell Sound | |
| Edwards Dam | 24 ft (7.3 m) | 1999 | Augusta 44°19′30″N 69°46′11″W / 44.3249°N 69.7697°W |
Kennebec River | Kennebec River | This hydroelectric dam was removed after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission refused to renew its license, marking the first time the federal government ordered the removal of a dam against the wishes of its owners.[3] |
| Lombard Dam | 2018 | Vassalboro 44°27′49″N 69°36′50″W / 44.4637°N 69.614°W |
Outlet Stream | |||
| Masse Dam | 17 ft (5.2 m) | 2017 | Vassalboro 44°27′07″N 69°36′25″W / 44.4519°N 69.607°W |
Sawmill dam. | ||
| Morneau Remnants Dam | 6 ft (1.8 m) | 2021 | Vassalboro 44°27′25″N 69°36′32″W / 44.4569°N 69.6088°W |
Sawmill dam. | ||
| Madison Electric Dam | 2006 | Starks 44°43′53″N 69°53′53″W / 44.7313°N 69.8981°W |
Sandy River | Hydropower dam owned by Madison Electric Works. | ||
| Fort Halifax Dam | 2008 | Winslow 44°32′21″N 69°37′33″W / 44.5391°N 69.6258°W |
Sebasticook River | |||
| Main Street Dam | 2002 | Newport 44°50′07″N 69°16′19″W / 44.8352°N 69.272°W |
East Branch Sebasticook River | |||
| Mill Dam | 2000 | Corinna 44°55′19″N 69°15′39″W / 44.9219°N 69.2609°W |
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| Archer's Mill Dam | 12 ft (3.7 m) | 1999 | Stetson 44°53′15″N 69°08′16″W / 44.8876°N 69.1379°W |
Stetson Stream | National Inventory of Dams ID ME00402. | |
| Walton's Mill Dam | 16 ft (4.9 m) | 2022 | Farmington 44°39′37″N 70°09′57″W / 44.6602°N 70.1658°W |
Temple Stream | Mill dam owned by the Town of Farmington. National Inventory of Dams ID ME00123. | |
| Goff Mill Brook Dam | 4 ft (1.2 m) | 2015 | Arundel | Goff Mill Brook | Kennebunk River | |
| East Machias Dam | 2000 | East Machias 44°44′20″N 67°23′20″W / 44.7389°N 67.3889°W |
East Machias River | Machias River | Hydropower dam owned by the Town of East Machias. | |
| Canaan Lake Outlet Dam | 1999 | North Washington 44°58′00″N 67°46′30″W / 44.9667°N 67.7749°W |
Old Stream | |||
| Northern Stream Rock Dam | 2020 | East Machias 44°58′33″N 67°31′16″W / 44.9759°N 67.521°W |
Northern Stream | |||
| West Winterport Dam | 16 ft (4.9 m) | 2010 | Winterport and Frankfort 44°37′07″N 68°57′29″W / 44.6185°N 68.958°W |
Marsh Stream | Penobscot River | |
| Bangor Dam | 4 ft (1.2 m) | 1995 | Bangor 44°48′36″N 68°44′30″W / 44.8101°N 68.7417°W |
Penobscot River | ||
| Great Works Dam | 20 ft (6.1 m) | 2012 | Old Town 44°55′15″N 68°37′55″W / 44.9207°N 68.6319°W |
Hydropower dam. | ||
| Veazie Dam | 30 ft (9.1 m) | 2013 | Veazie and Eddington 44°49′57″N 68°42′03″W / 44.8325°N 68.7008°W |
Hydropower dam owned by the PPL Corporation. | ||
| Brownville Dam | 12 ft (3.7 m) | 1999 | Brownville 45°18′23″N 69°02′04″W / 45.3064°N 69.0344°W |
Pleasant River (Piscataquis River tributary) | ||
| Lower Sedgeunkedunk Dam | 2009 | Brewer 44°45′55″N 68°46′47″W / 44.7652°N 68.7798°W |
Sedgeunkedunk Stream | |||
| Grist Mill Dam | 14 ft (4.3 m) | 1998 | Hampden 44°44′55″N 68°49′58″W / 44.7487°N 68.8329°W |
Souadabscook Stream | ||
| Hampden Recreation Area Dam | 2 ft (0.61 m) | 1999 | ||||
| Mast Point Dam | 1997 | Berwick 43°17′13″N 70°53′54″W / 43.287°N 70.8982°W |
Salmon Falls River | Piscataqua River | ||
| Shoreys Brook Dam | 18 ft (5.5 m) | 2011 | South Berwick and Eliot 43°10′53″N 70°49′08″W / 43.1813°N 70.8189°W |
Shoreys Brook | ||
| Columbia Falls Dam | 9 ft (2.7 m) | 1988 | Steuben 44°39′11″N 67°43′38″W / 44.6531°N 67.7273°W |
Pleasant River (Pleasant Bay) | Pleasant River (Pleasant Bay) | |
| Smelt Hill Dam | 2002 | Falmouth 43°43′06″N 70°16′09″W / 43.7183°N 70.2693°W |
Presumpscot River | Presumpscot River | ||
| Saccarappa Dam 1 (east) | 12 ft (3.7 m) | 2019 | Westbrook 43°40′40″N 70°22′10″W / 43.6779°N 70.3695°W |
Hydroelectric dams owned by Sappi North America/S. D. Warren Co. | ||
| Saccarappa Dam 2 (west) | 12 ft (3.7 m) | 2019 | Westbrook 43°40′44″N 70°22′09″W / 43.6789°N 70.3692°W | |||
| Swett Brook Dam | 4 ft (1.2 m) | 2013 | Waterford 44°15′24″N 70°43′39″W / 44.2566°N 70.7274°W |
Swett Brook | Water storage dam owned by the Portland Pipe Line Corporation. | |
| Randall Mill Dam | 10 ft (3.0 m) | 2013 | Pownal 43°55′47″N 70°11′28″W / 43.9297°N 70.191°W |
Chandler Brook | Royal River | Sawmill dam. |
| Unnamed dam | 2012 | Yarmouth 43°48′19″N 70°11′19″W / 43.8053°N 70.1885°W |
Royal River | Mill dam. | ||
| Sennebec Dam | 15 ft (4.6 m) | 2002 | Union 44°14′12″N 69°16′42″W / 44.2367°N 69.2782°W |
Saint George River | Saint George River | Dam had raised the natural water level on Sennebec Pond, and was replaced with a fish ramp that maintained the level while opening 17 miles (27 km) of the Saint George River and 1,100 acres (450 ha) of lake habitat to fish passage. This was the last man-made barrier on the Saint George River.[4] |
| Martin Brook Upper Dam | 2010 | Madawaska 47°20′43″N 68°19′53″W / 47.3453°N 68.3315°W |
Martin Brook | Saint John River | ||
| Sherman Lake Dam | 2008 | New Castle 44°00′41″N 69°35′52″W / 44.0115°N 69.5979°W |
Marsh River | Sheepscot River | ||
| Lower Montsweag Dam | 35 ft (11 m) | 2010 | Wiscasset 43°58′07″N 69°43′13″W / 43.9686°N 69.7202°W |
Montsweag Brook | Dam was built to create an emergency water source for the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. | |
| Head Tide Dam | 15 ft (4.6 m) | 2019 | Alna 44°06′54″N 69°37′23″W / 44.1149°N 69.623°W |
Sheepscot River | Former grist mill dam owned by the Atlantic Salmon Federation and the Town of Alna. The dam was partially removed and replaced with an elevated platform to allow for fish passage.[5] | |
| Coopers Mill Dam | 20 ft (6.1 m) | 2018 | Whitefield 44°15′31″N 69°33′02″W / 44.2587°N 69.5506°W |
Owned by the Town of Whitefield. |
References
- ↑ "American Rivers Dam Removal Database". Figshare. American Rivers. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ Rappaport, Stephen (15 August 2017). "Crews begin removing Wight Pond dam". The Ellsworth American. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ↑ "The River Runs Free" (PDF). Maine State Planning Office, State House Section 38, Augusta, Maine. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ↑ "Sennebec Dam Removal Union, Maine" (PDF). NOAA Community-based Restoration Program. 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ↑ Clifford, Jessica (7 November 2019). "Head Tide Dam Project a 'Gift That's Going to Outlive Us All'". The Lincoln County News. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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