Warrensburg Hydroelectric Dam is a

run-of-the-river hydroelectric Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amo ...

generation plant located on the

Schroon River The Schroon River ( ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hudson River in the southern Adirondack Mountains of New York, beginning at the ...

Warrensburg, NY Warrensburg is a town in Warren County, New York, United States. It is centrally located in the county, west of Lake George. It is part of the Glens Falls metropolitan area. The town population was 4,255 at the 2000 census. While the county is ...

. According to the National Inventory of Dams (NID), the dam was completed in 1909, designed by Besha Engineering, and modified in the year 1989. Currently the dam is owned and operated by the

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

-based

Boralex Boralex is a power company founded in 1990 in the province of Quebec that develops, builds, and operates renewable energy facilities (wind, hydroelectric, solar and storage) in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2022, B ...

power company, and has a capacity of 3 megawatts, or enough energy to power 3,000 homes. The dam's reservoir serves as Warrensburg's

boat launch A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small ...

and recreational area.

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* 1909 establishments in New York (state) Hydroelectric power plants in New York (state) Run-of-the-river power stations {{Hydroelectric-power-plant-stub