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The dam is located just over 46 miles (74 km) upstream from the mouth of the Nolichucky, and impounds Davy Crockett Lake, [1] [2] which extends 6 miles (9.7 km) upstream from the dam. [2] [3] The dam is a concrete gravity overflow type dam 94 feet (29 m) high and 482 feet (147 m) long. [2] [3] The dam has an ogee-type spillway with a flashboard ...
Nolichucky Dam came close to failure. Owner and operator TVA issued a "Condition Red alert" on Sept. 27, warning that a failure of the Nolichucky Dam was imminent. The 94-foot dam, completed in ...
The non-power dam withstood twice the flow of Niagara Falls, but surrounding infrastructure was not so lucky. TVA's Nolichucky Dam survived extreme flooding, but site will take years to restore ...
This handout photo from the Tennessee Valley Authority shows the Nolichucky Dam in Greene County, Tennessee. Officials say the dam may fail soon from remnants of Helene. - Tennessee Valley Authority
Flash flood warnings related to worries over the failure of the Nolichucky Dam continue until 4 p.m. in East Tennessee for: North Central Cocke County. Southwestern Greene County.
The Nolichucky Dam in Greene County, built in 1913 and later acquired by TVA, withstood twice the average flow of Niagara Falls at the river's peak flow.
Douglas Dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second. The Nolichucky Dam withstood twice the water flow of Niagara Falls. Tennessee flooding map shows the dams and rivers ...
One non-power TVA dam narrowly avoided failure during the flooding after Helene: Nolichucky Dam in Greene County, which withstood a staggering 1.3 million gallons of water per second flowing over ...