Watts Bar Dam

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gravity dam hydroelectric dam navigation dam

Watts Bar Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Tennessee River in eastern Tennessee.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Watts Bar Lock 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
navigation dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
constructionStartDate 1939 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Watts Bar Lake ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
hasLock yes ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
locatedDownstreamFrom Fort Loudoun Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Tennessee ⓘ
locatedNear Decatur, Tennessee ⓘ
Spring City, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tennessee River ⓘ
locatedUpstreamFrom Chickamauga Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
namedAfter Watts Bar (river bar on the Tennessee River) ⓘ
navigationLockOperator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
openingDate 1942 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority navigation system

Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power system
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
regionServed Tennessee Valley ⓘ
reservoirName Watts Bar Lake ⓘ
reservoirRiver Tennessee River ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
usedFor electricity generation ⓘ
flood regulation ⓘ
improving river navigation ⓘ
watercourse Tennessee River ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Roane County, Tennessee → contains → Watts Bar Dam ⓘ
Tennessee River → hasDam → Watts Bar Dam ⓘ
Tennessee River → hasLock → Watts Bar Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watts Bar Lock