Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain and Graham counties, North Carolina, United States. The dam is operated by the...
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Fontana Dam (also known as Fontana Village) is a town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States. Fontana Dam is located on North Carolina Highway...
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Cherokee Lake Douglas Dam on the French Broad River impounds Douglas Lake Elk River Dam on the Elk River forms Woods Reservoir Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee...
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Fontana Lake is a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The...
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Fontana Village, North Carolina Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin Fontana Dam in the U.S. state of North Carolina Fontana, Chaco, a settlement in San Fernando...
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Fontana Dam in North Carolina, which ranks 20th in height among all U.S. dams. Oroville Dam, 1st Hoover Dam, 2nd Dworshak Dam, 3rd Hungry Horse Dam,...
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Trail. It flows into the Little Tennessee River at Fontana Lake, a reservoir formed behind Fontana Dam. The word Nantahala is Cherokee and means "Land of...
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major impoundments: Fontana Dam, Cheoah Dam, Calderwood Dam, Chilhowee Dam, and Tellico Dam, and one smaller impoundment, Porters Bend Dam. The Little Tennessee...
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the Little Tennessee River, downstream from Fontana Dam, created by Cheoah Dam. Fontana Dam and Cheoah Dam are both operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority...
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megawatts. Like Calderwood and Cheoah, Chilhowee is controlled by Fontana Dam. Fontana Dam is the primary flow control facility for the lower Little Tennessee...
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Calderwood and Chilhowee, is primarily dependent on releases from TVA's Fontana Dam, the primary flow control facility for the lower Little Tennessee River...
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border of the park, which is impounded by Chilhowee Dam, Calderwood Dam, Cheoah Dam, and Fontana Dam along the boundary. The Pigeon River flows through...
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hydroelectric projects managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, including Fontana Dam. Tourism, especially outdoor ventures such as canoeing, whitewater rafting...
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look to subsequent TVA projects like the Fontana Dam, the Chickamauga Dam, and the Hiwassee Dam. At the Fontana Dam, Wank collaborated with well-known industrial...
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meals during the summer months. The Fontana Dam Shelter in North Carolina is more commonly referred to as the Fontana Hilton because of amenities (e.g....
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bought up 15,000 acres (61 km2) above the town of Fontana as part of a plan to build a large dam to provide power to its plants. The operation moved...
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City Island Park was developed. The river next enters Fontana Lake, formed by the Fontana Dam upriver on the Little Tennessee River. The Tuckaseegee...
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1 km) road segment; located at Fontana Dam, the road hugs the northwestern shore of Little Tennessee River section of Fontana Lake before ending at a parking...
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Ferry upstream from Cheoah Dam and just below Fontana Dam. Overflow travels to the Cheoah River just below the Cheoah Dam. United States portal Water...
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housing for war workers. The largest project of this period was the Fontana Dam. After negotiations led by then-Vice President Harry Truman, TVA purchased...
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settler to this area. The town was flooded by Fontana Lake, which was created by the construction of the Fontana Dam in 1944 during World War II. It remains...
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evacuated for construction of the Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, completed in 1944, which created the Fontana Lake reservoir upriver. Numerous...
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course along the southern shore of man-made Fontana Lake. A side road crosses the TVA constructed Fontana Dam; NC 28 skirts the southern boundary of the...
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list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1...
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) controls the dam's reservoir levels from Fontana Dam further upstream. Calderwood Dam is named for Alcoa engineer Isaac Glidden...
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section's north end, is the Fontana Dam Shelter, affectionately known as the Fontana Hilton, known for its view of fjordlike Fontana Lake, comparatively spacious...
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Landing dams to Congress in July 1940 (the measure was later expanded to include construction of Douglas Dam, Fontana Dam, and several dams along the...
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Eagle, Hazel, Forney, Noland and Big creeks in the Smokies, along with Fontana Dam and the Oconaluftee River. The Benton MacKaye Trail Association (BMTA)...
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Dam and Lake Norman – Duke Power Falls Lake – USACE Fontana Dam – Fontana Lake; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1944 by the TVA Gaston Dam...
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the dam and the actual actor sitting in Rowell's plane pretending to fly in front of a green screen and crashing the plane into the Fontana Dam. Natasha...
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