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In the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers investigated several possible dam sites in the Guntersville vicinity in hopes of flooding a significant stretch of the river upstream from the city, which had unreliable water levels and had long been an impediment to major navigation in the upper Tennessee Valley. The Corps recommended ...
Claiborne Lock and Dam: Claiborne Lake: Alabama River: Demopolis Lock and Dam: Demopolis Lake: Tombigbee River [2] [5] Gantt Dam: Gantt Lake: Conecuh River: Goat Rock Dam and Generating Plant: Goat Rock Lake: Chattahoochee River: Guntersville Dam: Guntersville Lake: Tennessee River: Holt Lock and Dam: Holt Lake: Black Warrior River [2] [3 ...
The lake stretches 75 miles (121 km) from Guntersville Dam to Nickajack Dam. It is Alabama's largest lake at 69,100 acres (279.6 km 2). [1] It is separated by the Guntersville Dam from Wheeler Lake, which at 68,300 acres (276.4 km 2) is Alabama's second largest lake. Both lakes are part of the Tennessee River.
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.
The system was renamed the McAlpine Locks and Dam in 1960 in honor of William McAlpine, who was the only civilian to have ever served as district engineer for the Corps of Louisville. At present, the normal pool elevation is 420 feet (130 m) above sea level and the drainage area above the dam is 91,170 square miles (236,100 km 2 ).
18 Mile Island has a sandy beach facing Indiana, and a narrow channel separates it from the Kentucky shore. When it went up for sale along with the 900-acre Clifton Farm in the 1990s, a Courier ...
Ohio Falls Station is a hydroelectric power station owned by Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) which is located three miles west of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The generating station is located on Shippingport Island at the site of the McAlpine Dam and locks along the Ohio River in Kentucky.
Ocoee Dam No. 1 on the Ocoee River impounds Parksville Reservoir; Ocoee Dam No. 2 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 2; Ocoee Dam No. 3 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 3; South Holston Dam dams the South Fork Holston River, forming South Holston Lake; Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River forms Tellico Lake; Tims Ford Dam ...