Dams in Essex, Massachusetts

114
Total Dams
34
High Hazard
47
Significant
102.0 yrs
Avg Age
Hazard Name Height
Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Upper Banjo Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 17 ft 1908 Concrete Massachusetts
Fernwood Lake North Dam Essex High Hazard 16 ft 1877 Earth Massachusetts
Putnamville Reservoir West Dike Essex High Hazard 26 ft 1954 Earth Massachusetts
Fernwood Lake West Dam Essex High Hazard 11 ft 1877 Earth Massachusetts
Lake Gardner Dam Essex High Hazard 25 ft 1872 Earth Massachusetts
Putnamville Reservoir East Dike Essex High Hazard 24 ft 1954 Earth Massachusetts
Birch Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 25 ft 1873 Earth Massachusetts
Winona Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 23 ft 1971 Earth Massachusetts
Lake Cochichewick Outlet Dam Essex High Hazard 13 ft 1865 Masonry Massachusetts
Walden Pond Outlet Dam Essex High Hazard 43 ft 1890 Earth Massachusetts
Stevens Pond Outlet Dam Essex High Hazard 19 ft 1877 Stone Massachusetts
Breeds Pond Lantern Rock Dike #4 Essex High Hazard 30 ft 1914 Earth Massachusetts
Putmanville Reservoir South Dike Essex High Hazard 7 ft 1954 Earth Massachusetts
Breeds Pond Dike #12 Essex High Hazard 12 ft 1914 Earth Massachusetts
Breeds Pond Dike #8 Essex High Hazard 30 ft 1914 Earth Massachusetts
Suntaug Lake Dam Essex High Hazard 17 ft 1971 Earth Massachusetts
Haskell Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 43 ft 1903 Earth Massachusetts
Babson Reservoir Dam Essex High Hazard 44 ft 1930 Earth Massachusetts
Spring Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 15 ft — Earth Massachusetts
Breeds Pond Outlet Dam #5 Essex High Hazard 44 ft 1870 Concrete Massachusetts
Goose Cove Northwest Dike Essex High Hazard 45 ft 1963 Earth Massachusetts
Goose Cove Reservoir South Dam Essex High Hazard 20 ft 1963 Earth Massachusetts
Wallace Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 22 ft 1900 Earth Massachusetts
Goose Cove Southwest Dike Essex High Hazard 9 ft 1963 Earth Massachusetts
Fernwood Lake East Dam Essex High Hazard 5 ft 1877 Earth Massachusetts
Goose Cove North Dam Essex High Hazard 35 ft 1963 Earth Massachusetts
Hawkes Pond Outlet Dam Essex High Hazard 26 ft 1895 Earth Massachusetts
Walden Pond East End Dam Essex High Hazard 8 ft 1905 Earth Massachusetts
Breed's Pond Dike #11 Essex High Hazard 12 ft 1914 Earth Massachusetts
Breeds Pond Dike #10 Essex High Hazard 5 ft 1914 Earth Massachusetts
Putnamville Reservoir Dam Essex High Hazard 37 ft 1954 Earth Massachusetts
Strangmans Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 10 ft 1884 Earth Massachusetts
Millvale Reservoir Dam Essex High Hazard 18 ft 1898 Masonry Massachusetts
Fountain Pond Dam Essex High Hazard 13 ft 1900 Earth Massachusetts
Sidneys Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 9 ft — Earth Massachusetts
Little River Dam Essex Significant Hazard 12 ft — Stone Massachusetts
Meadow Dam Essex Significant Hazard 7 ft — Earth Massachusetts
Mill Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 13 ft 2013 Concrete Massachusetts
Ballardvale Dam Essex Significant Hazard 14 ft 1838 Masonry Massachusetts
Pentucket Pond Outlet Dam Essex Significant Hazard 9 ft — Earth Massachusetts
Griswold Lower Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 12 ft 1983 Earth Massachusetts
Mill Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 8 ft 1996 Concrete Massachusetts
Collins Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 13 ft 1930 Concrete Massachusetts
Field Pond Dike Essex Significant Hazard 10 ft — Earth Massachusetts
Kenoza Lake Outlet Dam Essex Significant Hazard 10 ft 1979 Earth Massachusetts
Mill Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 17 ft 1875 Earth Massachusetts
Haggetts Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 6 ft 1940 Earth Massachusetts
Brackett Pond Dam Essex Significant Hazard 13 ft 1930 Concrete Massachusetts
Dykes Meadow Dam Essex Significant Hazard 52 ft 1981 Earth Massachusetts
Lily Pond Outlet Dam Essex Significant Hazard 8 ft — Earth Massachusetts