The Veazie Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Penobscot River between Veazie and Eddington in Penobscot County,

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. In 2010 the Penobscot River Restoration Trust bought the dam from

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based on an agreement that was signed in 2004. Deconstruction of the dam began on July 22, 2013 as a part of an extensive project involving four dams to restore eleven species of sea-run fish to the Penobscot River. 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

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, which was upstream of the Veazie Dam, was removed in 2012.

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