The Milford Dam is a dam on the Penobscot River between Old Town and Milford in Penobscot County,

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

. The dam will receive a new

fish lift A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movemen ...

as a part of an extensive project involving four dams to restore eleven species of sea-run fish to the Penobscot River. The

Great Works Dam The Great Works Dam was a dam on the Penobscot River between Old Town and Bradley in Penobscot County, Maine Penobscot County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine, named for the Penobscot Nation on Wabanakik. As of the 2020 census, the p ...

was removed in 2012 and was just downstream of the Milford Dam. The dam's power plant has an 8 MW installed capacity.

References

{{reflist Dams in Maine Penobscot River Buildings and structures in Old Town, Maine Dams completed in 1906 1906 establishments in Maine Milford, Maine