Mine Falls, New Hampshire
Mine Falls Dam is on the Nashua River in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire and is used for hydroelectric power, recreation and drinking water purposes. Construction was completed in 1889. At normal levels it has a surface area of 242 acres. It is owned by the City Of Nashua.
Mine Falls is masonry, concrete, a gravity dam. Though originally completed in 1889, the structure was modified in 1985. Its height is 20 feet with a length of 325 feet. Maximum discharge is 1700 cubic feet per second. Its capacity is 2938 acre feet. Normal storage is 1970 acre feet. It drains an area of 405 square miles.
Lakes, Dams, and Recreational Facilities Near Mine Falls
Nashua Canal Dike 
Nashua National Fish Hatchery Pennichuck Brk Ii Aka Dunklee Locust Pond Silver Lake Stump Pond Upper Flint Pond Mascuppic Lake Heald Pond Pierce Pond Osgood Pond Long-sought-for Pond Fletcher Pond Flushing Pond Peters Pond Wapack National Wildlife Refuge Kendall Pond Aka Goss Pond Nabnasset Pond Newfield Pond Crystal Lake Crooked Spring Dam Mass. Bayboard - Stanchion Mcquade Brook Dam Lowell National Historical Park Tremont Waste Gates Northern Canal Head Gates Stony Brook Dam At Graniteville Merrimack Waste Gate Lowell National Historical Park East Canal Syphon Spillway Great River Wall (grw) North Canal Guard Gatehouse Lower Locks Dam Hamilton Waste Gates Swamp Locks Dam Adams Dam Little Cohas Brook Waste Lagoon Thompson Mill Pond Sludge Treatment Lagoon
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