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Norris Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control structure located on the Clinch River in Anderson County and Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.The dam was the first major project for the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had been created in 1933 to bring economic development to the region and control the rampant flooding that had long plagued the Tennessee Valley. [1]
J. Percy Priest Dam: Stones River: Hydroelectric 28 United States Army Corps of Engineers: 1967 Melton Hill Dam: Clinch River: Hydroelectric 79 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1963 Nickajack Dam: Tennessee River: Hydroelectric 105 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1967 Norris Dam: Clinch River: Hydroelectric 110 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1936 Ocoee Dam ...
At Buffalo Mountain in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, TVA operates three wind turbines with a combined generation capacity of 2 MW and purchases the output of 15 additional wind turbines owned by Invenergy that have a combined capacity of 27 MW. As of 2013, the agency had purchased agreements from power generated from wind farms outside its service ...
Among TVA's biggest fans are fishers who can now catch trout downstream from Norris Dam. Here's why 'Healing': Why TVA moved 3,200 tons of rock to restore an island and its aquatic ecosystem
The Clinch River above Clinton, Tennessee (tailwaters of Norris Dam) is stocked with rainbow trout and brown trout by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Before being dammed, the Clinch River was a major producer of freshwater mussels and pearls. The rivers of the southern Appalachians are still notable for their unusually rich mussel ...
See behind the scenes of Norris Dam, built in the Art Deco-style between 1933 and 1936, as elected officials walked through its center. See behind the scenes of Norris Dam, built in the Art Deco ...
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
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