Oldest Dams in Vermont

Vermont has 349 dams with recorded construction dates. The oldest dates to 1820 — 206 years ago. Vermont's earliest dams were built in the 19th century, an era of westward expansion, irrigation development, and early water infrastructure. Older dams require particular attention for safety, as many were built before modern engineering standards.

#	Dam	County	Year Built	Age	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition
1	West Hill Pond	Washington	1820	206 yrs	11	High	Poor
2	Mirror Lake	Washington	1820	206 yrs	8	Significant	Poor
3	Windsor Upper	Windsor	1834	192 yrs	55	High	Poor
4	Bullis Pond	Franklin	1843	183 yrs	22	Low	Fair
5	Little Averill Pond	Essex	1850	176 yrs	19	Low	Not Rated
6	Sunset Lake	Orange	1850	176 yrs	12	Significant	Fair
7	Lake Bomoseen	Rutland	1850	176 yrs	14	Low	Fair
8	Lowell Lake	Windham	1850	176 yrs	16	High	Fair
9	Hidden Lake	Windham	1850	176 yrs	10	Low	Not Rated
10	Hidden Lake Dike	Windham	1850	176 yrs	9	Low	Poor
11	Lake Paran	Bennington	1851	175 yrs	50	High	Fair
12	Hands Mill	Orange	1860	166 yrs	20	Significant	Poor
13	Crystal Lake	Orleans	1860	166 yrs	17	Significant	Fair
14	Lower Pond	Chittenden	1867	159 yrs	12	High	Poor
15	Lake Iroquois	Chittenden	1870	156 yrs	7	Low	Fair
16	Jones Mill	Rutland	1870	156 yrs	12	Significant	Poor
17	Adamant Pond	Washington	1870	156 yrs	10	Significant	Poor
18	Silver Lake South Dike	Franklin	1873	153 yrs	22	Low	Poor
19	Marble Mill	Bennington	1875	151 yrs	16	Significant	Poor
20	South Woodbury Pond	Washington	1875	151 yrs	16	Significant	Poor
21	Stiles Pond	Caledonia	1877	149 yrs	14	High	Poor
22	Lake Sadawga	Windham	1880	146 yrs	19	High	Poor
23	Lake Sadawga West Dike	Windham	1880	146 yrs	16	High	Poor
24	Wantastiquet Lake	Windsor	1880	146 yrs	22	High	Fair
25	Lake Casper	Windsor	1880	146 yrs	17	Significant	Poor
26	Lake Runnemede	Windsor	1883	143 yrs	15	Significant	Fair
27	Reynolds Reservoir	Rutland	1884	142 yrs	19	Significant	Poor
28	Chestnut Hill Reservoir	Windham	1884	142 yrs	25	High	Poor
29	Olympus Pool	Rutland	1885	141 yrs	28	Significant	Poor
30	Equinox Pond	Bennington	1890	136 yrs	10	Significant	Poor
31	South Village Pond	Bennington	1890	136 yrs	10	Significant	Fair
32	Chandler Pond	Caledonia	1890	136 yrs	21	Significant	Fair
33	Newbury Water Supply (lower)	Orange	1890	136 yrs	32	Low	Poor
34	Pelletier	Rutland	1890	136 yrs	20	Low	Poor
35	Lake Mitchell	Windsor	1890	136 yrs	20	Low	Fair
36	Billings Pond	Windsor	1890	136 yrs	21	Low	Poor
37	Lakota Lake	Windsor	1891	135 yrs	19	Significant	Satisfactory
38	Norton Pond	Essex	1893	133 yrs	15	Significant	Not Rated
39	Cadys Falls	Lamoille	1894	132 yrs	27	Low	Satisfactory
40	Silver Lake North Dike	Franklin	1895	131 yrs	10	Low	Poor
41	St. Albans North Reservoir	Franklin	1895	131 yrs	32	High	Poor
42	Woodside	Lamoille	1895	131 yrs	22	Low	Satisfactory
43	The Pogue	Windsor	1895	131 yrs	14	Low	Not Available
44	Black Pond	Windsor	1897	129 yrs	7	Low	Poor
45	Center Rutland	Rutland	1898	128 yrs	18	Low	Not Rated
46	Bolton Falls	Washington	1898	128 yrs	75	Low	Satisfactory
47	Baldwin Pond	Addison	1900	126 yrs	10	Significant	Poor
48	Thompson Pond Upper	Bennington	1900	126 yrs	9	Significant	Fair
49	Ricker Pond	Caledonia	1900	126 yrs	8	Low	Fair
50	Mackville Pond	Caledonia	1900	126 yrs	18	High	Fair

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