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Nolichucky Dam is a dam on the Nolichucky River near Greeneville, Tennessee, maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). [1] 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.
The Nolichucky River is a 115-mile (185 km) river that flows through western North Carolina and East Tennessee in the southeastern United States. [6] Traversing the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the river's watershed includes some of the highest mountains in the Appalachians, including Mount Mitchell in North Carolina, the highest point in ...
Nolichucky Dam on the Nolichucky River impounds Davy Crockett Lake; Normandy Dam on the Duck River impounds Normandy Reservoir; Norris Dam on the Clinch River impounds Norris Lake; Nottely Dam on the Nottely River forms Lake Nottely; Ocoee Dam No. 1 on the Ocoee River impounds Parksville Reservoir; Ocoee Dam No. 2 on the Ocoee River impounds ...
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.
Nolichucky Dam, built before TVA was established and later acquired by the federal utility, is one of the oldest dams in the system. TVA reinforced its concrete wall in the 1970s.
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.
Davy Crockett Lake is a 383-acre (154.99 ha; 0.60 sq mi) body of water impounded by Nolichucky Dam on the Nolichucky River, 7 miles (11 km) south of Greeneville in Greene County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is also known as the Davy Crockett Reservoir and is maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). [1]
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 ...