South Holston Dam

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concrete gravity dam flood control structure hydroelectric dam

South Holston Dam is a large Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the South Fork Holston River in northeastern Tennessee.

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Label Occurrences
South Holston Dam canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
flood control structure ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
builder Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
catchmentArea 1,284 square miles ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
constructionResumed 1947 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1942 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power system
hasBoatRamp yes ⓘ
hasPowerhouse yes ⓘ
hasTailwaterArea yes ⓘ
height 285 feet ⓘ
87 meters ⓘ
impounds South Holston Lake ⓘ
installedCapacity 44 megawatts ⓘ
latitude 36.541°N ⓘ
length 1,600 feet ⓘ
488 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInCounty Sullivan County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern Tennessee ⓘ
locatedNear Bristol, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOnRiver South Fork Holston River ⓘ
longitude 82.095°W ⓘ
managedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
surface form: TVA River Management
managesFloodingFor South Fork Holston River ⓘ
nearStateBorder Virginia ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 1 ⓘ
openingDate 1950 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee River ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee River watershed
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
recreationActivities boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 1,650,000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName South Holston Lake ⓘ
riverSystem Holston River ⓘ
safetyClassification high-hazard dam ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Bristol, Tennessee → near → South Holston Dam ⓘ
Holston River → hasDam → South Holston Dam ⓘ
South Holston Lake → formedBy → South Holston Dam ⓘ
South Holston Lake → hasDam → South Holston Dam ⓘ