Melton Hill Dam

E93145

Melton Hill Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in East Tennessee, forming Melton Hill Lake and providing power generation, recreation, and flood control for the Knoxville area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Melton Hill Dam canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tennessee Valley Authority facility
gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
connectedWaterway Tennessee River
surface form: Tennessee River via Clinch River
constructionCost approximately $40 million
constructionStartDate 1960
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Melton Hill Lake
elevationOfCrest approximately 795 feet above sea level
floodControlFunction reduces flooding risk downstream on the Clinch River
supports flood regulation for the Tennessee River system
gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power system
hasNavigationLock yes
hasSpillway yes
installedCapacity approximately 79 MW
locatedIn Anderson County, Tennessee
Loudon County, Tennessee
locatedInRegion Tennessee (eastern portion)
surface form: East Tennessee
locatedOnRiver Clinch River
managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority
navigationLockOperator Tennessee Valley Authority
navigationLockType single-chamber lock
nearCity Clinton, Tennessee
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
numberOfTurbines 2
openingDate 1963
operator Tennessee Valley Authority
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
partOf Clinch River
surface form: Clinch River watershed

Tennessee Valley Authority
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
plantType run-of-river hydroelectric plant
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
recreation
regionServed Tennessee (eastern portion)
surface form: East Tennessee

Knoxville metropolitan area
reservoirName Melton Hill Lake
reservoirShorelineLength approximately 173 miles
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 5,470 acres
reservoirUse boating
fishing
rowingsports
swimming
servesCity Knoxville, Tennessee
supportsActivity commercial navigation
hydropower generation for regional grid
turbineType Kaplan turbines
surface form: Kaplan turbine

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Melton Hill Lake createdBy Melton Hill Dam
Melton Hill Lake impoundedBy Melton Hill Dam
Clinch River hasDam Melton Hill Dam