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Ocoee Dam No. 2 utilizes a wooden flume that carries water from the reservoir down the side of the Ocoee Gorge to the dam's powerhouse 5 miles (8.0 km) downstream. It is situated at the center of one of the nation's top whitewater rafting locations, and the dam's releases help to maintain consistent rapids on the river during warmer months. [1]
Logan Martin Dam: Logan Martin Lake: Coosa River: Martin Dam: Lake Martin: Tallapoosa River: Millers Ferry Lock and Dam: William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir: Alabama River: Mitchell Dam: Mitchell Lake: Coosa River: Neely Henry Dam: Neely Henry Lake: Coosa River: North Highlands Dam: Bibb Pond: Chattahoochee River: Optimist Lake Dam Milkhouse ...
The Upper Ocoee, the 3.5 mi (5.6 km) section of the river between Dam #3 and its powerhouse, is normally dewatered except during flood control releases, usually during the winter and spring. Lake water is taken by tunnel and penstock, at the rate of 1,050 cu ft/s (30 m 3 /s), to the power house 300 feet (91 m ) lower than the lake surface.
The utility made the announcement Thursday in a news release, ending a project that had drawn protests from area residents and environmental groups. Alabama Power abandons planned hydroelectric ...
Ocoee Dam No. 3 is a concrete gravity diversion-type dam 110 feet (34 m) high and 612 feet (187 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 28,800 kilowatts. The dam's concrete overfall spillway has a discharge capacity of 95,000 cubic feet per second (2,700 m 3 /s), 1,560 cubic feet (44 m 3 ) of which is via the dam's two 5-foot (1.5 m) by 7 ...
Ocoee dams refers to three hydroelectric generating facilities in Tennessee operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority: Ocoee Dam No. 1, located 12 miles (19 km) above the mouth of the river; impounds Parksville Lake; Ocoee Dam No. 2, located 24 miles (39 km) above the mouth of the river; impounds Ocoee Reservoir No. 2
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Hydroelectric power plants in Alabama (14 P) Pages in category "Dams in Alabama" ... Cedar Creek Reservoir (Alabama) City Mills Dam; Coffeeville Lock and Dam; E.