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The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.
The Tennessee River begins at mile post 652, where the French Broad River meets the Holston River, but historically there were several different definitions of its starting point. In the late 18th century, the mouth of the Little Tennessee River (at Lenoir City) was considered to be the
Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, United States.The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, which owns and operates nine dams on the Tennessee River, is spilling massive amounts of water through the dams each second to pass the floodwaters of Helene along ...
The dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second, on Sept. 29 to pass the water down the river. Though there were scattered evacuations below the dam, Sheehan said, there ...
This is an incomplete list of cities, towns, and communities along the Tennessee River and its branches in the United States. [1] Currently only the more major cities and towns are mentioned. Alphabetically
Articles pertaining to dams in operation, under construction or planning on the Tennessee River in the southeastern United States. Pages in category "Dams on the Tennessee River" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The dam is 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 improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley ...