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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Maryland. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being tall with a storage capacity of at least , or of any height with a storage capacity of .


Dams and reservoirs in Maryland

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Brighton Dam Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
, Triadelphia Reservoir, Alternative Energy Associates Ltd. Partnership *
Burnt Mills Dam Four Corners is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Many residents consider the neighborhood a part of Silver Spring, to whose CDP it belonged until 2010. It had a population of 8,316 ...
, Robert B. Morse Filtration Plant, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission * Conowingo Dam, Conowingo Reservoir, Susquehanna Power Co. & Philadelphia Electric Co. *
Cumberland Dam The Cumberland Dam was a dam that was built across North Branch Potomac River, North Branch of the Potomac River in Cumberland, Maryland, for the purpose of diverting water from the river into the head of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Chesap ...
, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on West Virginia border) * Deep Creek Dam, Deep Creek Lake,
Pennsylvania Electric Company FirstEnergy Corp is an electric utility headquartered in Akron, Ohio. It was established when Ohio Edison acquired Centerior Energy in 1997. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the distribution, transmission, and generation of electri ...
* Jennings Randolph Dam, Jennings Randolph Lake, United States Army Corps of Engineers (on the West Virginia border) * Liberty Dam,
Liberty Reservoir Liberty Reservoir is a reservoir west of Baltimore, Maryland; about a mile north of Patapsco Valley State Park's McKeldin area. It is owned by the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works, but is located outside the city, and it divides Baltim ...
, Baltimore City Department of Public Works * Little Seneca Dam, Little Seneca Lake, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission * Loch Raven Dam, Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore City Department of Public Works *
Piney Run Dam Piney may refer to: Places United States * Piney, Arkansas (disambiguation) * Piney Buttes, Montana, a set of buttes * Piney, Oklahoma, a census designated place * Piney Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania * Piney River (disambiguation) * Piney ...
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Piney Run Reservoir Piney Run Park is a nature park in Sykesville, located in Carroll County, Maryland. It is Carroll County's oldest developed park and hosts thousands of visitors annually. The park encompasses 550 acres of fields, forest and open spaces, features ...
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Carroll County, Maryland Carroll County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 172,891. Its county seat is Westminster. Carroll County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...
* Prettyboy Dam, Prettyboy Reservoir, Baltimore City Department of Public Works *
Rocky Gap Dam ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess M ...
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Lake Habeeb Lake Habeeb is a reservoir of and is located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. The lake is fed by Rocky Gap Run, and nestled against the east side of the southern tip of Evitts Mountain. The dam was built by the Army Corps of Engineers ...
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Rocky Gorge Dam ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess M ...
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Rocky Gorge Reservoir Rocky Gorge Reservoir is located on the Patuxent River in Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties in Maryland, between Laurel and Burtonsville. The reservoir was created in 1952 by the construction of the T. Howard Duckett Dam on th ...
, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission * Savage River Dam,
Savage River Reservoir The Savage River Reservoir is a storage reservoir in northwest Maryland. It was completed in 1952 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and is owned and maintained by the Upper Potomac River Commission. The reservoir was formed by the Savage River ...
, Upper Potomac River Commission


See also

* List of dam removals in Maryland


References

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