Great Falls Dam (Tennessee)

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Great Falls Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Caney Fork River, straddling the county line between White County and Warren County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the only dam outside the Tennessee River watershed owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The dam impounds the 1,830-acre Great Falls Lake, and its tailwaters feed into Center Hill Lake. The completion of Great Falls Dam in 1917 was an engineering triumph, marking the first successful attempt to impound the volatile and flood-prone Caney Fork River. The dam is also notable for its design, utilizing a mostly-underground conduit to carry water from the reservoir to the powerhouse 1.5 miles downstream. Great Falls Dam is named for the waterfalls that drop into the Caney Fork immediately downstream from the dam when the river is at low flow. The section of river below the dam''spowerhouse is world-renowned for kayaking and canoeing. The dam and its tailwaters are surrounded by Rock Island State Park.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131644832
• ISBN-10: 6131644837
• Artikelnr.: 29818216