This is a list of dams in New York that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams. __TOC__
Removals by watershed Delaware River The tall Cuddebackville Dam on the Neversink River, a tributary of the Delaware River, was built in two portions dating from the 1820s (for water diversion into a canal) and 1915 (for hydroelectric power). The dam had been abandoned since 1945, and was removed in October 2004 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a novel partnership with the Nature Conservancy. The removal benefited aquatic life in the area, specifically the Dwarf Wedge Mussel and the American Shad. The dam was said to be the first in New York to be removed solely for environmental reasons.
Saranac River In 2023 two dams were removed from the lower Saranac River in Plattsburgh: Indian Rapids Dam and Fredenburgh Falls Dam. 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).
Completed removals Dam Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Chubb River Dam 2013 Lake Placid Chubb River Ausable River Lake Placid Village Dam 2014 Lake Placid Ausable Quarry Dam (Notch House Dam) () 2016 Lake Placid West Branch Ausable River Rome Dam 2018 Au Sable Forks Saw Mill Dam 2015 Willsboro Boquet River Boquet River Crowningshield Dam 2008 Lewis, Essex County North Branch Boquet River Cold Brook Dam 2022 Willsboro Cold Brook American Legion Pool Dam 2007 Norwich Canasawacta Creek Chenango River Earl's Pond Dam 2011 Madison County Eaton Brook Oriskany Falls Dam 2018 Oriskany Tributary to Oriskany Creek Luxton Lake Dam 1983 Tusten Tenmile River Delaware River Cuddebackville Dam 2004 Godeffroy Neversink River 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 Shapp Pond Dam 2016 Dutchess County East Branch Wappinger Creek Furnace Brook Barrier #1 2020 Cortlandt Furnace Brook 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 Nicholson Road Dam 2019 East Fishkill Tributary to Stump Pond Stream Lower Chia Lin Dam 2021 Stormville Leetown Brook Wynantskill Dam (Hudson Valley Fuel Dam) 2016 Troy Wynants Kill William Miaski Dam 2010 Stephentown Tributary to Kinderhook Creek Jansen Road Dam 2011 New Paltz Tributary to Wallkill River LaSalle Dam 2010 Altona Great Chazy River Lake Champlain Petro Dam (Lower Mill Brook Dam) 2015 Moriah Mill Brook Smith Mills Dam 2020 Chautauqua County Silver Creek Lake Erie Harrison's Pond Dam 2010 Kings Park Tributary to Nissequogue River Long Island SoundNew Mill Pond Dam15 ft 2024Smithtown 40.8428 N 73.2281 WNortheast Branch of Nissequogue River Gray Reservoir Dam 2002 Cold Brook Black Creek Mohawk River Remington Arms Company Dam (English Street Dam) 2020 Ilion Steele Creek Upper Crown Mill Dam 2008 Marcellus Ninemile Creek Oswego River Gaynor Dam (The State Dam) 2012 Fayetteville Limestone Creek M Seeman Dam 2012 Pompey West Branch of Limestone Creek Hillburn Reservoir Dam 2012 Hillburn Tributary to Ramapo River Passaic River Eagle Lake Dam 2012 Tuxedo Tributary to Summit Brook Fort Covington Dam 2009 Fort Covington Salmon River Salmon River Indian Rapids Dam 2023 Plattsburgh Saranac River Saranac River Fredenburgh Falls Dam 2023 Plattsburgh Hogansburg Dam 2016 Hogansburg St. Regis River St. Regis River Fowler Finch Dam 2011 North Franklin Tributary to Carrs Creek Susquehanna River Chenango 7 Wildlife Pond Dam 2015 Bainbridge Tributary to Kelsey Creek Sidney Reservoir Dam 2018 Bainbridge Peckham Brook Broome Corporate Park Pond Dam #1 2011 Conklin Tributary to Susquehanna River West Winfield Dam 2011 Winfield Unadilla River Karpel Dam 2012 Tioga County Tributary to Pipe Creek
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