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The lake encompasses 10,700 acres (16.7 square miles) and approximately 250 miles of shoreline. The Tims Ford Dam was named from an early ford crossing the Elk River near Winchester. The ford was on or near land owned by Abner Mansfield Tims, an early Franklin County settler. The ford was used until about 1885 when the Tims Ford Bridge was ...
Tims Ford State Park, also known as Tims Ford State Rustic Park, is a state park in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The 3,546-acre (14.35 km 2) state park is situated on the north shore of Tims Ford Lake near the north escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, about ten miles from the city of Winchester.
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Water exiting from the dam flows along the Elk River into Tims Ford Lake. [3] ... An aerial view of construction on the Elk River Dam is seen in this photo from the ...
Tims Ford State Park: Bridge over Elk River/Tims Ford Lake: Tims Ford Drive - Tims Ford State Park: Main entrance to the park Bridge over Hurricane Creek/Tims Ford Lake 11.8: 19.0: SR 130 (Old Tullahoma Road) – Tullahoma, Winchester: Northern terminus: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Kentucky Lake has a flood storage capacity of 4,008,000 acre⋅ft (4.944 km 3), more than 2.5 times the next largest lake in the TVA system. It provides a source for hydro-electric power. Also, as one of the lakes alluded to by the name of Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area , it is a recreational destination of western Kentucky and ...
The settlement of Awalt was almost completely submerged by Tims Ford Lake. Construction of Tims Ford Dam on the Elk River began in 1966 and was completed in 1970. Graves were relocated to the New Awalt Cemetery on the ridge, and all persons living in Awalt were displaced. All structures were removed before the filling of the lake which took ...