Veazie Dam

Veazie Dam
Veazie Dam before removal in July 2013
Location of Veazie Dam in Maine
Country	United States
Location	Penobscot County, Maine
Coordinates	44°49′57″N 68°42′03″W / 44.83248°N 68.70094°W / 44.83248; -68.70094Coordinates: 44°49′57″N 68°42′03″W / 44.83248°N 68.70094°W / 44.83248; -68.70094
Opening date	1912
Demolition date	July 22, 2013
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Penobscot River
Height	20 ft (6 m)
Length	1,072 ft (327 m)^[1]
Power station
Installed capacity	8.4 MW

The Veazie Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Penobscot River between Veazie and Eddington in Penobscot County, Maine. In 2010 the Penobscot River Restoration Trust bought the dam from PPL Corporation based on an agreement that was signed in 2004. Deconstruction of the dam began on July 22, 2013^[2] as a part of an extensive project involving four dams to restore eleven species of sea-run fish to the Penobscot River.^[3] The Veazie Dam was the furthest downstream of the dams on the Penobscot River; now the Milford and Orono Dam dams are furthest downstream, albeit on separate side of Marsh Island. The Great Works Dam, which was 8 mi (13 km) upstream of the Veazie Dam, was removed in 2012.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

↑ "Dams in Maine". Maine.gov. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
↑ Botelho, Alyssa (July 23, 2013). "Breaching of dam, restoring salmon's passage unite many". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
↑ Gagnon, Dawn (June 30, 2013). "Date set for historic Veazie Dam breaching". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
↑ "The Project". Penobscot River Restoration Trust. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
↑ "Timeline". Penobscot River Restoration Trust. October 2012. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
↑ McCrea, Nick (June 11, 2012). "Crews begin removing Great Works dam; interior secretary calls effort 'milestone for river conservation'". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013.
↑ Ferris, David. "Hat Trick On The Penobscot River: Fewer Dams, Same Energy, More Fish". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.

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Penobscot River Watershed

Tributaries	Dead River East Branch Mattawamkeag River East Branch Penobscot River East Branch Piscataquis River East Branch Pleasant River Kenduskeag Stream Little Seboeis River Mattawamkeag River Middle Branch Pleasant River Molunkus Stream Narramissic River North Branch Marsh River North Branch Penobscot River Orland River Passadumkeag River Piscataquis River Pleasant River Sebec River Seboeis River South Branch Marsh River South Branch Penobscot River Stillwater River West Branch Mattawamkeag River West Branch Penobscot River West Branch Piscataquis River West Branch Pleasant River

Lakes	Allagash Lake Canada Falls Lake Caucomgomoc Lake Chamberlain Lake Chesuncook Lake Cold Stream Pond Debsconeag Lakes Grand Lake Seboeis Jo-Mary Lakes Lobster Lake Lower Wilson Pond Matagamon Lake Mattawamkeag Lake Millinocket Lake Nahmakanta Lake Nicatous Lake Lake Onawa Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes Pleasant Lake Pushaw Lake Ragged Lake Rainbow Lake Schoodic Lake Sebec Lake Seboeis Lake Seboomook Lake South Twin Lake Telos Lake Toddy Pond Upper Wilson Pond

Towns	Abbot Bangor Bradley Brewer Brooks Brownville Bucksport Burlington Carmel Charleston Danforth Dover-Foxcroft East Millinocket Eddington Enfield Frankfort Guilford Hampden Haynesville Hermon Howland Hudson Island Falls Kenduskeag Kingman Lee Levant Lincoln Macwahoc Mattawamkeag Medway Milford Millinocket Milo Monson Oakfield Old Town Orland Orono Orrington Passadumkeag Patten Prospect Sangerville Sherman Smyrna Springfield Veazie Verona Winn Winterport Wytopitlock

Landmarks	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Baxter State Park Fort Knox Gero Island Great Northern Paper Company Great Works Dam Hundred-Mile Wilderness Katahdin Iron Works Maine Central Railroad Monson Railroad Mount Katahdin North Maine Woods Orono Dam Peaks-Kenny State Park Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory Ripogenus Gorge Stillwater Dam University of Maine Veazie Dam Waldo–Hancock Bridge

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