This is a list of dams in New York that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
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Dam[1] | Height | Year removed | Location | Watercourse | Watershed | Notes |
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Chubb River Dam | 2013 | Lake Placid | Chubb River | Ausable River | Hydropower dam owned by the Village of Lake Placid. . | |
Lake Placid Village Dam | 2014 | Lake Placid | Dam built for recreation, owned by the Village of Lake Placid. | |||
Ausable Quarry Dam (Notch House Dam) | 2016 | Lake Placid | West Branch Ausable River | [2] | ||
Rome Dam | 2018 | Au Sable Forks | Paper mill dam owned by the Town of Jay. | |||
Saw Mill Dam | 2015 | Willsboro | Boquet River | Boquet River | Owned by the Village of Willsboro. | |
Crowningshield Dam | 2008 | Lewis, Essex County | North Branch Boquet River | |||
Cold Brook Dam | 2022 | Willsboro | Cold Brook | Dry hydrant impoundment owned by the Reber Fire Department. | ||
American Legion Pool Dam | 2007 | Norwich | Canasawacta Creek | Chenango River | Built to create a swimming area. | |
Earl's Pond Dam | 2011 | Madison County | Eaton Brook | Owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. | ||
Oriskany Falls Dam | 2018 | Oriskany | Tributary to Oriskany Creek | Water supply dam owned by the Village of Oriskany Falls. . | ||
Luxton Lake Dam | 1983[3] | Tusten | Tenmile River | Delaware River | ||
Cuddebackville Dam | 2004 | Godeffroy | Neversink River | Hydropower diversion dam o by Orange County. . | ||
Bear Brook Lower Dam | 2020 | Delaware | Bear Brook | |||
Lower Little Pond Dam | 2008 | Andes | Tributary to Beaver Kill | |||
Pike Dam | 2021 | Pike | Wiscoy Creek | Genesee River | . | |
Fort Edward Dam | 1973 | Fort Edward | Hudson River | Hudson River | ||
Breakneck Brook Dam | 2011 | Putnam County | Breakneck Brook | Dam built for recreation. Owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. | ||
Shapp Pond Dam | 2016 | Dutchess County | East Branch Wappinger Creek | |||
Furnace Brook Barrier #1 | 2020 | Cortlandt | Furnace Brook | Mill dam. | ||
May's Field Dam | 2020 | Washingtonville | Moodna Creek | |||
Curry Pond Dam | Garrison | Tributary to Hudson River | ||||
Strook's Felt Factory Dam | 2020 | Newburgh | Quassaic Creek | Felt mill dam owned by the City of Newburgh and Orange County. | ||
Nicholson Road Dam | 2019 | East Fishkill | Tributary to Stump Pond Stream | Owned by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. | ||
Lower Chia Lin Dam | 2021 | Stormville | Leetown Brook | Dam built for recreation. . | ||
Wynantskill Dam (Hudson Valley Fuel Dam) | 2016 | Troy | Wynants Kill | Owned by the City of Troy. | ||
William Miaski Dam | 2010 | Stephentown | Tributary to Kinderhook Creek | Dam built for recreation. | ||
Jansen Road Dam | 2011 | New Paltz | Tributary to Wallkill River | Flood control and stormwater management dam. | ||
LaSalle Dam | 2010 | Altona | Great Chazy River | Lake Champlain | Hydropower dam owned by Altona. | |
Petro Dam (Lower Mill Brook Dam) | 2015 | Moriah | Mill Brook | |||
Smith Mills Dam | 2020 | Chautauqua County | Silver Creek | Lake Erie | Water supply dam. | |
Harrison's Pond Dam | 2010 | Kings Park | Tributary to Nissequogue River | Long Island Sound | Dam built for ice harvesting. | |
Gray Reservoir Dam | 2002 | Cold Brook | Black Creek | Mohawk River | Originally a water storage facility for local mills and a backup water supply for the City of Utica. Owned by the Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Board. | |
Remington Arms Company Dam (English Street Dam) | 2020 | Ilion | Steele Creek | |||
Upper Crown Mill Dam | 2008 | Marcellus | Ninemile Creek | Oswego River | Wool mill dam. | |
Gaynor Dam (The State Dam) | 2012 | Fayetteville | Limestone Creek | Owned by the Village of Fayetteville. | ||
M Seeman Dam | 2012 | Pompey | West Branch of Limestone Creek | Dam built for recreation. | ||
Hillburn Reservoir Dam | 2012 | Hillburn | Tributary to Ramapo River | Passaic River | Water supply dam. | |
Eagle Lake Dam | 2012 | Tuxedo | Tributary to Summit Brook | Dam built for recreation. | ||
Fort Covington Dam | 2009 | Fort Covington | Salmon River | Salmon River | Hydropower dam owned by the Fort Covington Light, Heat and Power Company. | |
Indian Rapids Dam | 2023 | Plattsburgh | Saranac River | Saranac River | Funding to support the project flowed from multiple streams: $536,000 from Patriot Hydro, $175,000 from the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, $65,000 from New York State Electric and Gas, and $370,000 from the Lake Champlain Basin Program (made possibly by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Biden in 2021)[4] | |
Fredenburgh Falls Dam | 2023 | Plattsburgh | ||||
Hogansburg Dam | 2016 | Hogansburg | St. Regis River | St. Regis River | Hydropower dam owned by Erie Boulevard Hydro, L.P. and St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. | |
Fowler Finch Dam | 2011 | North Franklin | Tributary to Carrs Creek | Susquehanna River | Dam built for recreation. | |
Chenango 7 Wildlife Pond Dam | 2015 | Bainbridge | Tributary to Kelsey Creek | Owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. | ||
Sidney Reservoir Dam | 2018 | Bainbridge | Peckham Brook | Water supply dam owned by the Village of Sidney. | ||
Broome Corporate Park Pond Dam #1 | 2011 | Conklin | Tributary to Susquehanna River | Flood control and stormwater management dam owned by the Broome County Industrial Development Authority. | ||
West Winfield Dam | 2011 | Winfield | Unadilla River | Owned by the Village of Winfield. | ||
Karpel Dam | 2012 | Tioga County | Tributary to Pipe Creek | Dam built for recreation. |