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Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Lawrence County in Alabama.It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the mid-1930s as part of a New Deal-era initiative to improve navigation on the river and bring flood control and economic development to the region.
Wheeler Lake is located in the northern part of the state of Alabama in the United States, between Rogersville and Huntsville. Created by Wheeler Dam along the Tennessee River , it stretches 60 miles (97 km) from Wheeler Dam to Guntersville Dam .
Guntersville Dam impounds Guntersville Lake; Wheeler Dam impounds Wheeler Lake; Wilson Dam impounds Wilson Lake; Pickwick Landing Dam impounds Pickwick Lake; Kentucky Dam impounds Kentucky Lake; Tributary dams and reservoirs include: Apalachia Dam on the Hiwassee River forms Apalachia Reservoir; Blue Ridge Dam dams the Toccoa River, forming ...
One non-power TVA dam narrowly avoided failure during the flooding after Helene: Nolichucky Dam in Greene County, which withstood a staggering 1.3 million gallons of water per second flowing over ...
Little Bear Creek Dam; Lost Creek Dam; Melton Hill Dam; Nickajack Dam; Nolichucky Dam; Normandy Dam; Norris Dam; Nottely Dam; Ocoee Dams 1, 2, 3; Pickwick Landing Dam; Pin Oak Dam; Pine Dam; Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant; Redbud Dam; South Holston Dam; Sycamore Dam; Tellico Dam; Tims Ford Dam; Upper Bear Creek Dam; Watauga Dam; Watts ...
Walter F. George Lock and Dam: Walter F. George Lake (a. k. a. Lake Eufaula) Chattahoochee River: Warrior Lock and Dam (a.k.a. Armistead I. Selden) Warrior Lake: Black Warrior River [2] [3] Weiss Dam: Weiss Lake: Coosa River: Wheeler Dam: Wheeler Lake: Tennessee River: William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam: Lake Oliver: Black Warrior River [2] [3 ...
Joe Wheeler State Park is a public recreation area with resort features located on Wheeler Lake, an impoundment of the Tennessee River, 18 miles (29 km) east of Florence in northwest Alabama. [3] The state park contains 2,550 acres (1,030 ha) of land in three separate parcels and adjoins Wheeler Dam .
Significant features of the heritage area include Wheeler Dam, Wilson Dam, [2] Ivy Green, Rosenbaum House, Barton Hall and the northern end of the Natchez Trace. [3] Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area was established by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which was signed into law on 30 March 2009.