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Woods Reservoir is a 3,600 acre [1] reservoir created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for use as a cooling system for the United States Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center. [2]
The Elk River Dam, completed in 1952, [1] impounds the Elk River in the US state of Tennessee to form the Woods Reservoir. The US Air Force and Arnold Engineering Development Center own and operate Woods Reservoir. [1] The dam itself is just under 3,000 feet long and holds back 26 billion gallons of water on a 3,980-acre (1,610 ha) reservoir. [2]
The reservoir is bridged by State Route 127. Only a few miles below Elk River Dam is the beginning of slack water ( Tims Ford Lake ) caused by the Tims Ford Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority . The slack water extends upstream to the vicinity of Estill Springs .
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The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.
It is also the first reservoir on Chevelon Creek, upstream from Chevelon Canyon Lake. Woods Canyon Lake is small and moderately deep, having an average depth of 25 ft (7.6 m) and a surface area of 55 acres (220,000 m 2). The long, narrow lake is formed by an earthen dam impounding the Chevelon Creek in Woods Canyon. It was created primarily for ...
Tims Ford Lake is a reservoir run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in southern middle Tennessee. The lake encompasses 10,700 acres (16.7 square miles) and approximately 250 miles of shoreline. The lake encompasses 10,700 acres (16.7 square miles) and approximately 250 miles of shoreline.
Dowdeswell Woods entrance sign Cotswold Way in Dowdeswell Woods Reservoir towards dam end and wood edge, winter 2005 Common Toad (male and female pair) on 2013 migration to Dowdeswell Reservoir Great Crested Grebe with young on back. There is a site management plan from 1975 for the Dowdeswell Reservoir Nature Reserve. [3]