This is a list of dams in Tennessee that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
Several tributaries of the Cumberland River have seen dam removals. Metro Nashville removed an irrigation dam at McCabe Golf Course from Richland Creek in 2014. A cinder block dam on Sevenmile Creek behind the Edmondson Pike Branch Library was removed in 2015 to support the endangered Nashville crayfish, 580 of which were relocated ahead of demolition. The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere removed two small dams on the Cathy Jo Branch in 2017. Also removed that year was a fish barrier owned by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency meant to keep rough fish from Cordell Hull Lake out of the Roaring River.
The Harms Mill Dam is the only major barrier on the Elk River. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is leading a project to remove the dam, which has been awarded $500,000 from the National Fish Passage Program. This would result in stream miles opened to aquatic migration, support the round hickorynut and 45 other species of greatest conservation need, and increase safety for boaters.