Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Swinging Bridge Sullivan High Hazard 135 ft 1930 Other New York
Swofford Pond Lewis Low Hazard 20 ft Earth Washington
Sylvan Dike No. 2 Morrison Low Hazard 8 ft 1913 Earth Minnesota
Sysladobsis Lake Washington Low Hazard 9 ft 1861 Earth Maine
Tabeaud Amador High Hazard 125 ft 1901 Earth California
Table Rock Dam Taney High Hazard 252 ft 1959 Concrete Missouri
Taftsville Windsor Low Hazard 18 ft 1910 Concrete Vermont
Taftville Hydro Dam #4 New London High Hazard 30 ft 1867 Earth Connecticut
Talbott Patrick High Hazard 123 ft 1938 Arch Virginia
Talcville St. Lawrence Low Hazard 13 ft 1987 Gravity New York
Tallassee Shoals Jackson Low Hazard 37 ft 1986 Gravity Georgia
Tallulah Falls Rabun High Hazard 140 ft 1913 Arch Georgia
Tannery - Dam "A" Jefferson Significant Hazard 14 ft 1914 Concrete New York
Tannery Pond Worcester Low Hazard 10 ft 1936 Masonry Massachusetts
Target Canyon Lincoln Low Hazard 30 ft 1941 Earth Nebraska
Taum Sauk Ps Lower Reynolds High Hazard 60 ft 1963 Gravity Missouri
Taum Sauk Ps Upper Reynolds High Hazard 125 ft 1963 Roller-Compacted Concrete Missouri
Taylor Barron Low Hazard 20 ft 1935 Gravity Wisconsin
Taylor Draw Rio Blanco High Hazard 71 ft 1984 Earth Colorado
Taylors Falls Wall Chisago High Hazard 13 ft 1906 Concrete Minnesota
Taylorville - North Dam Lewis Significant Hazard 24 ft 1914 Concrete New York
Telos Piscataquis Low Hazard 20 ft 1890 Timber Crib Maine
Tenkiller Ferry Dam Sequoyah High Hazard 197 ft 1952 Gravity Oklahoma
Terminus Dam Tulare High Hazard 235 ft 1962 Earth California
Terror Lake Kodiak Island Borough Low Hazard 193 ft 1984 Rockfill Alaska
The Dalles Lock and Dam Klickitat High Hazard 116 ft 1957 Gravity Oregon
Theodore Roosevelt Maricopa High Hazard 357 ft 1911 Masonry Arizona
Theresa Jefferson Low Hazard 40 ft 1929 Gravity New York
Thermalito Afterbay Butte High Hazard 39 ft 1967 Earth California
Thermalito Diversion Butte High Hazard 143 ft 1967 Concrete California
Thermalito Forebay Butte High Hazard 91 ft 1967 Earth California
Thief River Falls Pennington Low Hazard 25 ft 1946 Gravity Minnesota
Third Marinette Marinette High Hazard 28 ft 1862 Gravity Wisconsin
Thompson Falls - Main Channel Dam Sanders Low Hazard 50 ft 1915 Gravity Montana
Thompson Lake Oxford Low Hazard 13 ft 1800 Stone Maine
Thomson Dam No 1-1/2 Carlton Low Hazard 10 ft 1907 Earth Minnesota
Thornapple Rusk Low Hazard 14 ft 1909 Gravity Wisconsin
Thorpe Jackson High Hazard 150 ft 1941 Rockfill North Carolina
Three Lakes Plumas Low Hazard 30 ft 1928 Rockfill California
Three Rivers St. Joseph High Hazard 16 ft 1917 Gravity Michigan
Thurlow Elmore High Hazard 62 ft 1930 Gravity Alabama
Tie Hack Johnson High Hazard 110 ft 1997 Concrete Wyoming
Tiger Creek Afterbay Amador High Hazard 120 ft 1931 Concrete California
Tiger Creek Forebay Amador Low Hazard 33 ft Earth California
Tiger Creek Regulator Amador Significant Hazard 110 ft 1931 Concrete California
Tilden Chippewa Low Hazard 16 ft 1886 Gravity Wisconsin
Tillery Stanly High Hazard 86 ft 1928 Concrete North Carolina
Timothy Lake Clackamas High Hazard 100 ft 1956 Earth Oregon
Tims Ford Dam Franklin High Hazard 163 ft 1970 Rockfill Tennessee
Tioga Lake Auxiliary Mono High Hazard 19 ft 1928 Concrete California