Chatuge Dam is a flood control and hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Clay County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The dam is the uppermost...
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formed by the Tennessee Valley Authority's construction of Chatuge Dam (then the highest earthen dam in the world) in 1942. The lake is relatively shallow...
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completed, it was the tallest earthen dam in the world, surpassing the Chatuge Dam in the United States. The dam, which created the Lake Nasser reservoir...
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Reservoir Boone Dam on the South Fork Holston River forms Boone Reservoir Chatuge Dam dams the Hiwassee River to form Chatuge Reservoir Cherokee Dam on the Holston...
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A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also...
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1930; acquired by the TVA in 1939 Buford Dam – Lake Lanier Carters Dam – Carter's Lake Chatuge Dam – Chatuge Reservoir; on the Hiwassee River; finished...
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Mission Dam is a dam on the Hiwassee River in Clay County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The dam is located between Hiwassee Dam and Chatuge Dam. The...
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An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions...
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List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (section Dams and hydroelectric facilities)
Apalachia Dam Bear Creek Dam Beaver Creek Dam Beech Dam Blue Ridge Dam Boone Dam Cedar Dam Cedar Creek Dam Chatuge Dam Cherokee Dam Chickamauga Dam Clear...
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Chatuge Dam was constructed near Hayesville in the early 1940s by the Tennessee Valley Authority, creating Chatuge Lake. At the time, Chatuge Dam was...
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Tennessee-North Carolina state line) and 45 miles (72 km) downstream from Chatuge Dam. Hiwassee Dam and its reservoir are surrounded by the Nantahala National Forest...
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operated in conjunction with Hiwassee Dam and Chatuge Dam to allow maximum hydroelectric production at Hiwassee Dam. Nottely was outfitted with its own...
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flows northward into North Carolina. Chatuge Lake, an artificial reservoir created by the completion of Chatuge Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority in...
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early 1940s Chatuge Dam was constructed near Hayesville by the Tennessee Valley Authority, creating Chatuge Lake. It was the tallest earthen dam in the world...
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The river is dammed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in four locations, all in Western North Carolina: Chatuge Dam, Mission Dam (not owned by...
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National Wildlife Refuge Special routes of U.S. Route 64 Catawba River Chatuge Dam Chimney Rock State Park French Broad River Intracoastal Waterway Jordan...
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Swannanoa Wakulla Wanchese Waxhaw Calabash River Chattooga River Chatuge Lake Chatuge Dam Cheoah River Chinquapin Branch Little Chinquapin Branch Chocowinity...
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Lake Arrowhead Lake Blackshear Lake Blue Ridge Lake Burton Carters Lake Chatuge Lake (extends into North Carolina) Chief McIntosh Lake Coleman Pond Davenport...
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Moore, Carl S. (January 1, 2007). "Impact of National Forest & TVA Chatuge Dam". Clay County, NC Then and Now: A Written and Pictorial History. Genealogy...
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Reservoir (redirect from Dam reservoir)
(/ˈrɛzərvwɑːr/; from French réservoir [ʁezɛʁvwaʁ]) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power...
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Hiwassee Valley Projects Volume 2: The Apalachia, Ocoee No. 3, Nottely, and Chatuge Projects, Technical Report No. 5 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing...
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(Chatuga Dam Road), south of Hayesville. In 1942, NC 69 was rerouted to its current alignment west of its former, most of which now under Chatuge Lake. The...
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Ocoee Dam No. 3 is a hydroelectric dam on the Ocoee River in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River...
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Hiwassee Valley Projects Volume 2: The Apalachia, Ocoee No. 3, Nottely, and Chatuge Projects, Technical Report No. 5 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing...
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features include the Hiwassee River, Jackrabbit Mountain as well as Lake Chatuge, Hiwassee Lake, Lake Appalachia. All the lakes on or bordering the Tusquitee...
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Jackson Lake (Georgia), West Point Lake, High Falls, Lake Seminole, Lake Chatuge and Walter F. George Lake. Georgia has fourteen barrier islands off of...
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System. It begins just west of Nelson. It curves to the northeast to Lake Chatuge, where it heads north to the North Carolina state line. The highway was...
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Hiwassee Valley Projects Volume 2: The Apalachia, Ocoee No. 3, Nottely, and Chatuge Projects, Technical Report No. 5 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing...
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SR 17 concurrency Friendship 128 206 SR 288 east (Sunnyside Road) – Lake Chatuge Recreation Area Western terminus of SR 288 Hiawassee 130 210 SR 75 north...
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