TVA Watts Bar Dam

USA / Tennessee / Spring City /
 dam, hydroelectric power station/plant
Watts Bar Dam, on the Tennessee River in Tennessee about halfway between Knoxville and Chattanooga, provides flood control as well as hydroelectric power. Spanning the river between Meigs County and Rhea County, it is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. The dam impounds Watts Bar Lake and feeds into Chickamauga Lake. State Route 68 crosses the dam.

Construction of Watts Bar Dam began in 1939 and was completed in 1942.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Bar_Dam
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Coordinates:   35°37'9"N   84°46'50"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago