Chickamauga Dam

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Chickamauga Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam and navigation lock structure near Chattanooga, Tennessee, that helps generate power, control flooding, and improve river transportation on the Tennessee River.

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Chickamauga Dam canonical 6
Chickamauga Lock 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
navigation lock structure
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
builder Tennessee Valley Authority
constructionPeriod 1936–1940
constructionStartDate 1936
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Chickamauga Lake
hasEnergySource hydropower
hasFunction electricity generation
river level regulation
support for commercial navigation
hasNavigationLock yes
hasRecreationArea yes
hasSpillway yes
impounds Tennessee River
infrastructureType hydroelectric power station
navigation infrastructure
jurisdiction Tennessee
surface form: State of Tennessee
locatedIn Hamilton County, Tennessee
locatedInCountrySubdivision Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
locatedInState Tennessee
locatedInValley Tennessee Valley
locatedNear Chattanooga
surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee
locatedOnRiver Tennessee River
managedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
navigationLockOperator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
nearCity Chattanooga
surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee
nearLandmark Greater Chattanooga region
surface form: Chattanooga metropolitan area
openingDate 1940
operator Tennessee Valley Authority
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
partOf Tennessee River navigation system
Tennessee Valley Authority
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
partOfProgram New Deal-era TVA projects
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
navigation improvement
recreation
regionServed Tennessee Valley
reservoirLocatedIn Tennessee
reservoirName Chickamauga Lake
status operational
watercourseDammed Tennessee River

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Referenced by (7)

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

Tennessee River hasDam Chickamauga Dam
Tennessee River hasLock Chickamauga Dam
this entity surface form: Chickamauga Lock
Watts Bar Dam locatedUpstreamFrom Chickamauga Dam
Nickajack Dam downstreamFrom Chickamauga Dam
Chickamauga Lake createdBy Chickamauga Dam
Chickamauga Lake hasDam Chickamauga Dam
Tennessee Valley region of the southern United States hasHydroelectricDam Chickamauga Dam
subject surface form: Tennessee Valley region