List of dams and reservoirs in Maine explained

This list is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.The following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Maine, USA.

Major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50feet tall with a storage capacity of at least 5000acre.ft, or of any height with a storage capacity of 25000acre.ft.^[1]

Major dams and reservoirs in Maine

• Bonny Eagle Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Saco River, NextEra Energy
• Harris Station Dam, Indian Pond, NextEra Energy
• Howland Dam
• Kennebunk Dam, Mousam River
• Lake Auburn
• Long Falls Dam, Flagstaff Lake, NextEra Energy
• Milford Dam
• Milltown Dam, on the Saint Croix River, NB Power
• Orono Dam
• Ripogenus Dam, Hydroelectric Dam at the headwaters of the west branch of the Penobscot River, owned by Brookfield Asset Management
• Skelton Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Saco River, NextEra Energy
• Stillwater Dam
• West Enfield Dam
• Wyman Dam, Wyman Lake, NextEra Energy
• Dolby Hydro Station
• Stone Dam
• East Millinocket
• Weldon Hydro
• Medway Hydro
• Rumford Hydro

Removed dams

See main article: List of dam removals in Maine.

• Edwards Dam, on the Kennebec River, privately owned (removed 1999)
• Great Works Dam (removed, 2012)
• Veazie Dam (removed, 2013)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Major Dams of the United States. National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. October 24, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090814080910/http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/dams00x.html. August 14, 2009. dead.