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Norris Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control structure located on the Clinch River in Anderson County and Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.The dam was the first major project for the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had been created in 1933 to bring economic development to the region and control the rampant flooding that had long plagued the Tennessee Valley. [1]
Until 1933, only a small number of the houses were occupied, all by Alabama Power Company workers. [7] Senator George W. Norris thought the site should be utilized for public use, and in May 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt formed the Tennessee Valley Authority. The industrial complex would be used for fertilizer production and as a ...
Normandy Dam on the Duck River impounds Normandy Reservoir; Norris Dam on the Clinch River impounds Norris Lake; Nottely Dam on the Nottely River forms Lake Nottely; Ocoee Dam No. 1 on the Ocoee River impounds Parksville Reservoir; Ocoee Dam No. 2 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 2; Ocoee Dam No. 3 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee ...
Logan Martin Dam: Logan Martin Lake: Coosa River: Martin Dam: Lake Martin: Tallapoosa River: Millers Ferry Lock and Dam: William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir: Alabama River: Mitchell Dam: Mitchell Lake: Coosa River: Neely Henry Dam: Neely Henry Lake: Coosa River: North Highlands Dam: Bibb Pond: Chattahoochee River: Optimist Lake Dam Milkhouse ...
Among TVA's biggest fans are fishers who can now catch trout downstream from Norris Dam. Here's why 'Healing': Why TVA moved 3,200 tons of rock to restore an island and its aquatic ecosystem
The Clinch River, downstream from Norris Dam. The Clinch River flows southwestward for 300 miles (480 km) from its source in southwestern Virginia to its mouth along the Tennessee River near Kingston. Norris Dam is located just over 79 miles (127 km) upstream from the mouth of the Clinch, near the Anderson-Campbell county line.
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The Clinch River is dammed twice: by Norris Dam, the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); and by the Melton Hill Dam, the only TVA dam with a navigation lock that is not located on the main channel of the Tennessee River. An important tributary of the Clinch River is the Powell River.