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Guntersville Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to create a continuous navigation channel on the entire length of the river and bring flood control and economic ...
The lake was created by Guntersville Dam along the Tennessee River. Both the lake and the dam received their names from the town of Guntersville, which received its name from an early settler of the area, John Gunter. As far back as 1824, the Tennessee River was a nationwide inland waterway problem.
Ocoee Dam No. 1 on the Ocoee River impounds Parksville Reservoir; Ocoee Dam No. 2 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 2; Ocoee Dam No. 3 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 3; South Holston Dam dams the South Fork Holston River, forming South Holston Lake; Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River forms Tellico Lake; Tims Ford Dam ...
Created by Wheeler Dam along the Tennessee River, it stretches 60 miles (97 km) from Wheeler Dam to Guntersville Dam. It is Alabama's second largest lake at 68,300 acres (276 km 2 ), and only a few hundred acres smaller than the largest lake in Alabama, Guntersville Lake , which is 69,100 acres (280 km 2 ) and is separated by the Guntersville ...
Claiborne Lock and Dam: Claiborne Lake: Alabama River: Demopolis Lock and Dam: Demopolis Lake: Tombigbee River [2] [5] Gantt Dam: Gantt Lake: Conecuh River: Goat Rock Dam and Generating Plant: Goat Rock Lake: Chattahoochee River: Guntersville Dam: Guntersville Lake: Tennessee River: Holt Lock and Dam: Holt Lake: Black Warrior River [2] [3 ...
Guntersville (previously known as Gunter's Ferry and later Gunter's Landing) is a city and the county seat of Marshall County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,553. [5] Guntersville is located in a HUBZone as identified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Georgia Mountain is a community and small plateau in Marshall County, Alabama, east of Brindlee Mountain. [1]Located some 6–7 miles northwest of Guntersville with scenic bluffs overlooking much of Guntersville Lake and the dam, wooded areas and open fields.
Guntersville Dam; H. Holt Lock and Dam; Howell Heflin Lock and Dam; J. Jordan Lake (Alabama) L. ... This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 10:25 (UTC).