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Watauga Dam is an earth-and-rock dam 318 feet (97 m) high and 900 feet (270 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 57,600 kilowatts. [5] The dam's fixed-crest morning glory spillway has a maximum discharge of 73,200 cubic feet per second (2,070 m 3 /s).
Construction of Watauga Dam began in early 1942 but was curtailed later that year in favor of other World War II building efforts. Work on TVA Watauga Dam resumed in 1946, and finished at the end of 1948, impounding both the Watauga River and Elk River for the purposes of flood, hydropower generation and downstream navigation on the Tennessee River and Reservoir system.
Wilbur Dam is the site of first hydroelectric dam constructed in Tennessee (beginning in 1909), going online with power production and distribution in 1912. [12] Wilbur Dam was constructed on the Watauga River by the former Tennessee Electric Power Company, a privately owned utility purchased by the TVA in the late 1930s. [12]
Ocoee Dam No. 3 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 3; South Holston Dam dams the South Fork Holston River, forming South Holston Lake; Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River forms Tellico Lake; Tims Ford Dam on the Elk River impounds Tims Ford Lake; Watauga Dam on the Watauga River impounds Watauga Lake
Wilbur Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Watauga River in Carter County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. [1] It is one of two dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority . The dam impounds Wilbur Lake, which extends for about 3 miles (4.8 km) up the Watauga to the base of Watauga Dam . [ 2 ]
Articles pertaining to dams in operation, under construction or planning on the Watauga River in the United States. Pages in category "Dams on the Watauga River" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The Watauga Association, a pre-revolutionary autonomous American government; The Watauga Democrat, a newspaper published in Boone, North Carolina; Watauga College, a residential college at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina; The Watauga Dam, on the Watauga and Elk Rivers in Carter County, Tennessee
Watauga Dam; Watts Bar Dam; Wheeler Dam; Wilbur Dam; Wilson Dam; Fossil fuel plants. Coal-fired power plants of the Tennessee Valley Authority Name Units Capacity (MWe)