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J. Percy Priest Dam is a dam in north central Tennessee at river mile 6.8 of the Stones River, a tributary of the Cumberland. It is located about ten miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville . The reservoir behind the dam is Percy Priest Lake .
J. Percy Priest Lake is a reservoir in north central part of Tennessee. It is formed by J. Percy Priest Dam , located between miles six and seven of the Stones River . The dam (easily visible from Interstate 40 ) is located about 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville and impounds a lake 42 mi (68 km) long.
Ocoee Dam No. 1: Ocoee River: Hydroelectric 24 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1911 Ocoee Dam No. 2: Ocoee River: Hydroelectric 23 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1913 Ocoee Dam No. 3: Ocoee River: Hydroelectric 29 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1943 Old Hickory Dam: Cumberland River: Hydroelectric 100 United States Army Corps of Engineers: 1957 Pickwick ...
J. Percy Priest Dam — Percy Priest Lake; on the Stones River; finished in 1968 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers; Lost Creek Dam; flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Lost Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1963 by the TVA; Melton Hill Dam — Melton Hill Lake; on the Clinch River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
Ocoee dams refers to three hydroelectric generating facilities in Tennessee operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority: Ocoee Dam No. 1, located 12 miles (19 km) above the mouth of the river; impounds Parksville Lake; Ocoee Dam No. 2, located 24 miles (39 km) above the mouth of the river; impounds Ocoee Reservoir No. 2
Ocoee Dam No. 2 utilizes a wooden flume that carries water from the reservoir down the side of the Ocoee Gorge to the dam's powerhouse 5 miles (8.0 km) downstream. It is situated at the center of one of the nation's top whitewater rafting locations, and the dam's releases help to maintain consistent rapids on the river during warmer months.
Ocoee Dam Number 1 is a hydroelectric dam on the Ocoee River in Polk County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The dam impounds the 1,930-acre (780 ha) Parksville Reservoir (often called Ocoee Lake or Parksville Lake) and is the farthest downstream of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Ocoee Dam No. 3 is a concrete gravity diversion-type dam 110 feet (34 m) high and 612 feet (187 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 28,800 kilowatts. The dam's concrete overfall spillway has a discharge capacity of 95,000 cubic feet per second (2,700 m 3 /s), 1,560 cubic feet (44 m 3 ) of which is via the dam's two 5-foot (1.5 m) by 7 ...