Tuckertown Dam

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Tuckertown Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina that forms Tuckertown Reservoir as part of a series of power-generating dams along the river.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tuckertown Dam canonical 5
Falls Dam 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
category Dams in North Carolina
Hydroelectric power plants in North Carolina
constructionBegan 1960
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creates Tuckertown Reservoir
elevationOfReservoir approximately 655 feet above sea level
formsReservoir Tuckertown Reservoir
hasFunction peak-load electricity generation
river flow regulation
hasPart hydroelectric power plant
spillway
hasUse boating on Tuckertown Reservoir
fishing on Tuckertown Reservoir
recreation on Tuckertown Reservoir
isPartOfCascadeWith Falls Dam (Yadkin River)
High Rock Dam
Narrows Dam
locatedDownstreamFrom Narrows Dam
locatedIn North Carolina
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Davidson County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Montgomery County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Rowan County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
locatedInWatershed Yadkin–Pee Dee watershed
locatedNear Badin, North Carolina
Richfield, North Carolina
locatedOnRiver Yadkin River
locatedUpstreamFrom High Rock Dam
managesWaterLevelOf Tuckertown Reservoir
openingDate 1962
operator Cube Hydro Carolinas
outflow Yadkin River
ownedBy Cube Hydro Carolinas
partOf Yadkin Project
Yadkin Project
surface form: Yadkin River hydroelectric project

Yadkin–Pee Dee River system
surface form: Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin

series of power-generating dams on the Yadkin River
previousOperator Alcoa Power Generating Inc.
purpose power generation
region Piedmont region of North Carolina
reservoirName Tuckertown Reservoir
status operational
use hydroelectric power generation
watercourse Yadkin River

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

Yadkin River hasDam Tuckertown Dam
Yadkin River hasDam Tuckertown Dam
this entity surface form: Falls Dam
Yadkin–Pee Dee River system hasDam Tuckertown Dam
High Rock Dam isUpstreamOf Tuckertown Dam
Tuckertown Reservoir createdBy Tuckertown Dam
Narrows Dam partOfCascadeWith Tuckertown Dam