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Austin Dam (Potter County, Pennsylvania)
Former dam destroyed by flooding in 1911
Bonneville Dam (Skamania County, Washington)
Concrete gravity dam completed in 1938
Buford Dam (Forsyth County, Georgia)
Army Corps of Engineer dam impounding the Chattahootchee River
Cascades Dam (Macomb County, Michigan)
Remains of a breached dam
Converse Mill Dam (Spartanburg County, South Carolina)
Textile Mill Dam on the Pacolet River
Crane Lake Dam (Iron County, Missouri)
Dam and spillway on Crane Pond Creek
Dayton Dam (LaSalle County, Illinois)
Dam with powerplant on Fox River @ Dayton, IL
Dillon Dam (Muskingum County, Ohio)
Dillon Dam was built for flood control by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in the late 50s and finally completed in 1960.
Goodwin Dam (Hartford County, Connecticut)
Embankment dam with concrete core completed 1960
Hoover Dam (Clark County, Nevada)
Concrete arch gravity dam built 1931 - 1935
Ice Harbor Lock & Dam (Walla Walla County, Washington)
Concrete gravity, run-of-the-river dam constructed between 1955 and 1962
John Day Dam (Klickitat County, Washington)
Concrete gravity dam across the Columbia River completed in 1971
Kensico Dam (Westchester County, New York)
A masonry dam creating Kensico Reservoir
Kinzua Dam (Warren County, Pennsylvania)
Flood control dam creating Allegheny Reservoir
Lake Bowen Dam (Spartanburg County, South Carolina)
Dam impounding the South Branch Pacolet River to form Lake William C. Bowen
Lake Overholser Dam (Oklahoma County, Oklahoma)
Dam with walkway across the North Canadian River in Oklahoma City
Lock & Dam No. 2 (Dakota County, Minnesota)
The only dam in the St. Paul District with a hydroelectric facility
Lock & Dam No. 9 (Crawford County, Wisconsin)
One of the 29 lock & dam sets that is part of the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Navigation Project
Lower Monumental Dam (Walla Walla County, Washington)
Concrete dam and lock on the Snake River completed in 1969
McKay Creek Dam (Umatilla County, Oregon)
Earthfill, concrete reinforced dam built 1923 - '27
McNary Dam (Umatilla County, Oregon)
Concrete, gravity-type spillway dam built 1947 - 1954
Menasha Dam (Winnebago County, Wisconsin)
Once the source of power for paper making, controls the Fox and is popular for fishing
Mississippi River Lock & Dam 5A (Buffalo County, Wisconsin)
One of the 29 lock & dam sets that is part of the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Navigation Project
Natural Dam (Mariposa County, California)
Display about the formation of Mirror Lake
Nepaug Dam (Litchfield County, Connecticut)
A semi-arch gravity type dam with a spillway in New Hartford.
Nitrolee Dam (Chester County, South Carolina)
Built in early 1900s by Duke Power
R.D. Bailey Dam (Wyoming County, West Virginia)
Army Corps of Engineer dam impounding the Guyandotte River
Rock Island Dam (Chelan County, Washington)
Hydro-electric concrete dam built 1930 - '33
Saluda Dam (Greenville County, South Carolina)
Dam impounding the Saluda River in Greenville and Pickens Counties, SC
Shasta Dam (Shasta County, California)
Curved concrete gravity dam built 1937 - '45
Silver Mine Dam (Madison County, Missouri)
Breached stone dam over the St. Francis River
Theresa Dam Site (Washington County, Wisconsin)
Parkland on former site of Lake Theresa
Wanapum Dam (Grant County, Washington)
Hydro-electric concrete dam built 1959 - '63
Wilson Dam (Lauderdale County, Alabama)
A dam spanning the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County, Alabama.