standing disused dams

Historic and contemporary dams that are permanently out of service yet still remain standing.

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• Fullerton Dam — A ruined dam built in the mid-1890s by William J. Fullerton to irrigate vegetable crops on his farm. It was described as the first gravity-…
• Reedy Creek Dam remnants — Remains of an early waterworks dam associated with Richmond's industrial growth. The surviving structure is a historic remnant rather than…
• New Hall Mill Dam — A surviving mill dam associated with New Hall Mill, an historic watermill site. The structure remains as a physical remnant of the mill's f…
• New Hall Mill Dam — A historic mill dam that remains standing even though it no longer serves an operational purpose. It is part of a preserved rural-industria…
• Ashland Mill remains — The Ashland Mill, built around 1715 operated for nearly 230 years. Therr is a visitors' and nature center snd other old snuff mill remains…
• El Gasco Dam — The El Gasco Dam is an unfinished ruin located on the Guadarrama River at the confluence of Torrelodones, Galapagar, and Las Rozas de Madri…
• Low-Head Dams — These low-head dams were once used to slow water, maintain upstream water levels, and help with irrigation, milling, or water control. Over…
• Powhite Dam (Bosher Dam) ruins — Built in 1835 as part of the James River and Kanawha Canal project, this 12-foot-high structure was designed to divert water into the canal…
• Buckhorn Dam — A disused dam that remains in place as a local historic landscape feature. Its standing structure is part of the region’s older water-power…
• Willamette Falls Locks dam structures — Historic water-control and navigation structures at Willamette Falls that are no longer operating as originally intended, yet remain standi…
• Zanesville Y-Bridge dam remnants — Surviving dam remains associated with the city’s historic river engineering on the Muskingum River. The structure is no longer functional,…
• Hennepin Canal Lock and Dam remnants — Residual dam and control structures from a former navigation and water-management system that are no longer in service but still stand in p…
• Logtown Dam — A former mill dam that remains standing after its industrial use ended. The structure is a visible remnant of the area’s timber and mill hi…
• McAlpine Locks and Dam Old Guard Gate Structure — An obsolete dam-related structure that remains standing after its operational role ended. It is a surviving piece of the historic Ohio Rive…
• Valley Junction Dam — A long-standing disused dam structure associated with Des Moines’ industrial riverfront history. It remains in place as a remnant of the ci…
• Edmond Dam — A former water-supply dam on the North Canadian River, built in the early 20th century and later taken out of service. The dam remains stan…
• Dara Dam — Associated with the frontier city of Dara and dated to around 560 CE, this late Roman/Byzantine dam is famous because Procopius described i…
• Roman Dam of Belas — Built in the 3rd century to serve Roman Olisipo, this dam survives only as a central segment reinforced by buttresses, but that remnant sti…
• Kasserine Dam — A 2nd-century Roman dam, Kasserine is variously classified as an arch-gravity or gravity structure. It used an earth-and-rubble core faced…
• Band-e Kaisar — This 3rd-century Sasanian dam-bridge, also called the Bridge of Valerian or Shadorvan, combined a weir with a road bridge and strongly infl…