Navigation Dams

388 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Lock E-18 Dam Herkimer Herkimer Significant Hazard 6 ft 1915 Other New York
Lock E-3 Spillway Bypass Dam Saratoga High Hazard 18 ft 1918 Earth New York
Lock E-4 Embankment Dam Saratoga High Hazard 34 ft 1915 Earth New York
Lock E-5 Spillway Dam Saratoga High Hazard 26 ft 1918 Earth New York
Lock E8 Scotia Schenectady Low Hazard 14 ft 1910 Other New York
Lock E9 Rotterdam Junction Schenectady Low Hazard 15 ft 1910 Other New York
Lockport Lock and Controlling Works Will High Hazard 1933 Concrete Illinois
London Locks and Dam Kanawha Significant Hazard 1934 Concrete West Virginia
Long Sault St. Lawrence High Hazard 104 ft 1958 Concrete New York
Lookout Point Dam Lane High Hazard 249 ft 1953 Earth Oregon
Lower Appleton Locks and Dam Outagamie Significant Hazard 1934 Concrete Wisconsin
Lower Granite Lock and Dam Whitman High Hazard 1975 Concrete Washington
Lower Monumental Lock and Dam Franklin High Hazard 1969 Concrete Washington
Markland Locks and Dam Gallatin Significant Hazard 1964 Concrete Kentucky
Marmet Locks and Dam Kanawha Significant Hazard 1934 Concrete West Virginia
Marseilles Lock and Dam LaSalle Significant Hazard 1933 Concrete Illinois
Massena Intake St. Lawrence High Hazard 115 ft 1958 Concrete New York
Mattaceunk Penobscot High Hazard 45 ft 1939 Concrete Maine
Maxwell Locks and Dam Washington Significant Hazard 1964 Gravity Pennsylvania
Maybees Waste Weir Dam Niagara Significant Hazard 21 ft 1918 Concrete New York
Mcalpine Locks and Dam Jefferson Significant Hazard 1964 Concrete Kentucky
McNary Lock and Dam Benton High Hazard 1954 Concrete Oregon
Mechanicville Rensselaer Significant Hazard 26 ft 1900 Concrete New York
Melton Hill Dam Loudon High Hazard 60 ft 1963 Concrete Tennessee
Melvin Price Locks and Dam St. Charles Significant Hazard 72 ft 1990 Concrete Illinois
Menasha Lock and Dam Winnebago High Hazard 1937 Concrete Wisconsin
Mendota Locks Dane High Hazard 16 ft 1849 Other Wisconsin
Middleport Waste Weir Dam Niagara Significant Hazard 17 ft 1918 Concrete New York
Millers Ferry Lock and Dam Wilcox Significant Hazard 1970 Gravity Alabama
Millinocket Lake Penobscot High Hazard 20 ft 1910 Concrete Maine
Minetto Lock & Dam 5 Oswego High Hazard 23 ft 1915 Concrete New York
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 10 Clayton Significant Hazard 20 ft 1937 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 11 Dubuque Significant Hazard 1937 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 12 Jo Daviess Significant Hazard 1938 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 13 Whiteside Significant Hazard 1939 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 16 Muscatine Significant Hazard 1937 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 17 Mercer Significant Hazard 1939 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 18 Des Moines Significant Hazard 1937 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 19 Lee Significant Hazard 1913 Concrete Illinois
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 2 Dakota Significant Hazard 23 ft 1931 Concrete Minnesota
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 20 Adams Significant Hazard 1936 Concrete Missouri
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 21 Adams Significant Hazard 1938 Concrete Missouri
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 Ralls Significant Hazard 1938 Concrete Missouri
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 24 Calhoun Significant Hazard 55 ft 1940 Concrete Missouri
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 25 Lincoln Significant Hazard 25 ft 1939 Concrete Missouri
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 3 Goodhue Significant Hazard 26 ft 1938 Concrete Minnesota
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 4 Wabasha Significant Hazard 22 ft 1935 Concrete Wisconsin
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 5 Buffalo Significant Hazard 22 ft 1935 Concrete Minnesota
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 5a Winona Significant Hazard 17 ft 1936 Concrete Minnesota
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 6 Winona Significant Hazard 17 ft 1936 Concrete Wisconsin