Navigation Dams

388 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Aberdeen Lock and Dam Monroe Significant Hazard 1984 Gravity Mississippi
Adams Basin Waste Weir Dam Monroe Significant Hazard 23 ft 1918 Concrete New York
A.I. Selden Lock and Dam Greene Significant Hazard 1958 Gravity Alabama
Albeni Falls Dam Bonner High Hazard 1955 Concrete Idaho
Albion Waste Gate & Weir Dam Orleans Significant Hazard 26 ft 1911 Concrete New York
Alder Pond Oneida High Hazard 15 ft 1850 Earth New York
Allegheny River Lock and Dam 2 Allegheny Significant Hazard 1934 Gravity Pennsylvania
Allegheny River Lock and Dam 4 Allegheny Significant Hazard 1927 Gravity Pennsylvania
Allegheny River Lock and Dam 6 Armstrong Low Hazard 1928 Gravity Pennsylvania
Allegheny River Lock and Dam 7 Armstrong Low Hazard 1931 Gravity Pennsylvania
Allegheny River Lock and Dam 8 Armstrong Low Hazard 1931 Gravity Pennsylvania
Allegheny River Lock and Dam 9 Armstrong Low Hazard 1938 Gravity Pennsylvania
Amelia Earhart Dam Middlesex Low Hazard 21 ft 1965 Gravity Massachusetts
Arsenal Power Rock Island Low Hazard 26 ft 1878 Concrete Illinois
Arthur V. Ormond Lock and Dam Conway Significant Hazard 28 ft 1969 Concrete Arkansas
Barkley Lock and Dam Lyon High Hazard 1966 Gravity Kentucky
Bass Lake Ravalli High Hazard 35 ft 1887 Earth Montana
Belleville Locks and Dam Wood Significant Hazard 1968 Concrete West Virginia
Big Bend Dam Lyman High Hazard 1963 Earth South Dakota
Blue River Dam Lane High Hazard 270 ft 1968 Earth Oregon
Bonneville Locks and Dam Multnomah High Hazard 56 ft 1938 Gravity Oregon
Braddock Locks and Dam Allegheny Significant Hazard 1905 Gravity Pennsylvania
Brandon Road Lock and Dam Will High Hazard 1933 Concrete Illinois
Brockport Waste Weir Dam Monroe High Hazard 19 ft Concrete New York
Brockville Waste Weir Dam Orleans Significant Hazard 16 ft 1918 Concrete New York
Brooklyn Street Lock and Dam Bexar High Hazard 14 ft 2009 Concrete Texas
Brownlee Baker High Hazard 395 ft 1958 Rockfill Idaho
Bushnells Basin Sluice Gate Dam Monroe High Hazard 17 ft 1918 Concrete New York
Caddo Dam Caddo Low Hazard 36 ft 1971 Concrete Louisiana
Canada Falls Lake Somerset High Hazard 50 ft 1921 Concrete Maine
Cannelton Locks and Dam Hancock Significant Hazard 1974 Concrete Kentucky
Cape Fear River Lock and Dam 1 Bladen Low Hazard 1915 Concrete North Carolina
Cape Fear River Lock and Dam 2 Bladen Low Hazard 1917 Concrete North Carolina
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Bracken Significant Hazard 1965 Concrete Kentucky
Carlyle Dam Clinton High Hazard 68 ft 1966 Concrete Illinois
Cartersville Spillway Dam Monroe High Hazard 18 ft 1918 Concrete New York
Carthage State Dam Jefferson Low Hazard 8 ft 1854 Concrete New York
Caucomgomoc Lake Piscataquis Low Hazard 16 ft 1981 Earth Maine
Caughdenoy Dam Oswego Low Hazard 15 ft 1909 Other New York
Cedars Lock and Dam Outagamie High Hazard 1934 Concrete Wisconsin
Channahon Dam Will Low Hazard 25 ft 1930 Earth Illinois
Charleroi Locks and Dam Westmoreland Significant Hazard 1967 Gravity Pennsylvania
Cheatham Lock and Dam Dickson Significant Hazard 1954 Gravity Tennessee
Cherokee Dam Jefferson High Hazard 122 ft 1941 Concrete Tennessee
Chicago River and Harbor Controlling Works Cook High Hazard 31 ft 1938 Other Illinois
Chickamauga Dam Hamilton High Hazard 129 ft 1940 Concrete Tennessee
Chittenango Creek Dam Madison Low Hazard 10 ft 1850 Masonry New York
Chouteau Lock and Dam Wagoner Significant Hazard 53 ft 1970 Gravity Oklahoma
Claiborne Lock and Dam Monroe Significant Hazard 33 ft 1971 Gravity Alabama
Clarence Cannon Dam Ralls High Hazard 138 ft 1983 Concrete Missouri