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Nickajack is serviced by a 600-by-110-foot (183 by 34 m) auxiliary lock that can lift or lower as many as nine large barges at a time 41 feet (12 m) between Guntersville Lake and Nickajack Lake. The dam's original design allowed for an 800-by-110-foot (244 by 34 m) main lock beside the auxiliary, but it was never completed.
Full pool for Nickajack Lake is approximately 633.5 feet (193.1 m) above sea level, and remains consistent during the course of the year, unlike nearby Chickamauga Lake. The world record for freshwater drum was caught from Nickajack Lake in 1972 by Benny Hull, and weighed in at 54 pounds 8 ounces (24.7 kg).
The TVA established the stairway of nine dams and locks that turned the Tennessee River into a 652-mile-long river highway. Dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the river include the following (listed from the furthest upstream to the furthest downstream):
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi (15 kW) Wind power 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.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a government-owned corporation created by U.S. Code Title 16, Chapter 12A, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.It was initially founded as an agency to provide general economic development to the region through power generation, flood control, navigation assistance, fertilizer manufacturing, and agricultural development.
For several hours during the Sept. 27-28 flooding, TVA issued a "condition red" for the dam, warning that a failure could be "imminent" and that flash flooding was possible downstream.
It operated the dam into the 1960s, although it was not able to correct problems of leaks even after extensive renovations in the 1940s. The TVA replaced it with Nickajack Dam, built slightly downstream. [2] After that the TVA partially demolished the Hales Bar Dam. The powerhouse is now used as a private event space and is open for tours.
Watch: Drone footage of flooding in Nashville, Illinois, after a dam failed. July 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM. ... and multiple closures on State Routes 15 and 127,” he said in a statement. ...