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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. [2] [3] The dam is a concrete gravity overflow type dam 94 feet (29 m) high and 482 feet (147 m) long. [2] [3] The dam has an ogee-type spillway with a flashboard ...
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.
The non-power dam withstood twice the 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
The Nolichucky Dam, eight miles southwest of Greeneville, was built in 1913 and is no longer a hydroelectric station. It creates the Davy Crockett Reservoir, a prime location for smallmouth bass ...
Cedar Dam; Chatuge Dam; Cherokee Dam; Chickamauga Dam; Clear Creek Dam; Dogwood Dam; Douglas Dam; Fontana Dam; Fort Loudoun Dam; Fort Patrick Henry Dam; Great Falls Dam; Guntersville Dam; Hiwassee Dam; Kentucky Dam; Little Bear Creek Dam; Lost Creek Dam; Melton Hill Dam; Nickajack Dam; Nolichucky Dam; Normandy Dam; Norris Dam; Nottely 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 ...
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.
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]