Wheeler Dam

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gravity dam hydroelectric dam

Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama that forms Wheeler Lake and helps provide power, navigation, and flood control in the region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wheeler Dam canonical 6

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsLake Wheeler Lake ⓘ
formsReservoir Wheeler Lake ⓘ
hasFunction flood mitigation ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
locatedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Northern Alabama ⓘ
surface form: northern Alabama
locatedInState Alabama ⓘ
locatedNear Wheeler Lake ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tennessee River ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regionServed Tennessee Valley ⓘ
Northern Alabama ⓘ
surface form: northern Alabama
riverBasin Tennessee Valley ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee River basin
usedFor electricity supply ⓘ
flood regulation ⓘ
inland waterway navigation ⓘ
watercourse Tennessee River ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee River → hasDam → Wheeler Dam ⓘ
Wheeler Lock → associatedWithStructure → Wheeler Dam ⓘ
Wheeler Lock → adjacentTo → Wheeler Dam ⓘ
Wheeler Lake → formedByDam → Wheeler Dam ⓘ
Wheeler Lake → hasDam → Wheeler Dam ⓘ
Tennessee Valley region of the southern United States → hasHydroelectricDam → Wheeler Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Tennessee Valley region