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Chickamauga Dam is a concrete gravity-type dam 5,800 feet (1,800 m) long and 129 feet (39 m) high. [2] Its hydroelectric generating capacity is 119 megawatts . [ 2 ] The dam has 18 spillway bays with a combined discharge of 470,000 cubic feet per second (13,000 m 3 /s).
Nuclear power plants of the Tennessee Valley Authority Name Units Capacity (MWe) Location Year of commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant: 3 3,775
Cherokee Dam: Holston River: Hydroelectric 136 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1941 Chickamauga Dam: Tennessee River: Hydroelectric 119 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1940 Cordell Hull Dam Cumberland River: Hydroelectric 100 United States Army Corps of Engineers: 1973 Douglas Dam: French Broad River: Hydroelectric 111 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1943 ...
SR 153 then crosses the Tennessee River/Chickamauga Dam on the Wilkes T. Thrasher Bridge on top of the dam. SR 153 then widens to a six-lane divided highway, once again becomes an at-grade arterial route, and enters Hixson. It then has a partial diamond interchange with SR 319 (Dupont Parkway) again, this time becoming concurrent.
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 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 ...
Chickamauga Lake is a reservoir in the United States along the Tennessee River created when the Chickamauga Dam, as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority, was completed in 1940. The lake stretches from Watts Bar Dam at mile 529.9 (853 km) to Chickamauga Dam at mile 471.0 (758 km) making the lake 58.9 miles (94.8 km) long.
Full pool for Nickajack Lake is approximately 633.5 feet (193.1 m) above sea level, and remains consistent during the course of the year, unlike nearby Chickamauga Lake. The world record for freshwater drum was caught from Nickajack Lake in 1972 by Benny Hull, and weighed in at 54 pounds 8 ounces (24.7 kg).
Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, United States.The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river.