This is a list of dams in Alabama that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
This is a list of dams in Alabama that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
In 2007 an illegal dam was removed from Mud Creek, a tributary of the Black Warrior River. The dam had been illegally constructed by Hanceville Water and Sewer to capture raw sewage leaking from a wastewater treatment plant. [1]
Old Shadow Lake Dam was removed from the Turkey Creek tributary in 2013. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnered with the Freshwater Land Trust to remove the dam, which had blocked passage of the endangered vermilion darter. [2] [3]
In 2004, Marvel Slab Dam was removed from the Cahaba River. The dam consisted of 46 culverts under a bridge that allowed coal and logging trucks and coal mining equipment to cross the river. [4]
Two major dams have been removed from the Chattahoochee River on the Alabama–Georgia border. The Eagle & Phenix Dam was demolished in 2012 and the City Mills Dam in 2013. The removals made way for a whitewater kayaking course. [5]
In 2018, Georgia Power filed to decommission and remove two additional outdated hydroelectric dams on the Chattahoochee in Alabama–Georgia: Langdale Dam and Riverview Dam. [6]
| Dam | Expected year | Location | Watercourse | Watershed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langdale Dam | Chambers County 32°48′56″N85°09′55″W / 32.8156°N 85.1653°W | Chatahoochee River | Chatahoochee River | |
| Riverview Dam | Chambers County 32°47′34″N85°08′35″W / 32.7928°N 85.1431°W |
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