This is a list of dams in Alabama that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams. __TOC__
Removals by watershed
Black Warrior River 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.
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.
Cahaba River 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.
Chattahoochee River 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.
Proposed removals In 2018, Georgia Power filed to decommission and remove two additional outdated hydroelectric dams on the Chattahoochee in Alabama–Georgia: Langdale Dam and Riverview Dam.
Completed removals Dam Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Unnamed dam 2007 Hanceville Mud Creek Black Warrior River Old Shadow Lake Dam 2013 Pinson Turkey Creek Marvel Slab Dam 2004 Montevallo Cahaba River Cahaba River Shades Branch Steel Ford 2011 West Blocton Shades Branch Goodwins Mill Dam 2013 St. Clair County Big Canoe Creek Coosa River Unnamed dam 2022 Etowah County Big Wills Creek Eagle & Phenix Dam 2012 Phenix City Chattahoochee River Chattahoochee River City Mills Dam 2013 Phenix City Unnamed dam 2010 Seale Uchee Creek Howle and Turner Dam 2019 Cleburne County Tallapoosa River Tallapoosa River Livingston Dam 2019 Livingston Sucarnoochee River Tombigbee River
Planned and proposed removals Dam Expected year Location Watercourse Watershed Langdale Dam Chambers County Chatahoochee River Chatahoochee River Riverview Dam Chambers County
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