Kentucky Dam

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flood control structure gravity dam hydroelectric dam

Kentucky Dam is a major hydroelectric and flood-control dam in western Kentucky that forms Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kentucky Dam canonical 5
Kentucky Dam and Lock Project 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood control structure ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
completionDate 1944 ⓘ
connectsToReservoir Lake Barkley via canal ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1938 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Tennessee River ⓘ
formsReservoir Kentucky Lake ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 206 ft ⓘ
63 m ⓘ
impact provides peaking power to TVA grid ⓘ
reduces downstream flooding on the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ⓘ
supports regional recreation and tourism ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 223 MW ⓘ
length 2,567 m ⓘ
8,422 ft ⓘ
locatedIn Kentucky ⓘ
locatedInCounty Livingston County, Kentucky ⓘ
Marshall County, Kentucky ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Kentucky ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tennessee River ⓘ
namedAfter Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
navigationLockOperator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
nearCity Gilbertsville, Kentucky ⓘ
Paducah, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
openingDate 1944 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee River ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee River reservoir system
partOfSystem Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority system
partOfWaterway Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway system
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
reservoirName Kentucky Lake ⓘ
reservoirShorelineLength over 2,000 miles ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 160,000 acres ⓘ
riverMile 22.4 ⓘ
riverMileFromMouth 22.4 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Tennessee River → hasDam → Kentucky Dam ⓘ
Kentucky Lock → locatedJustDownstreamOf → Kentucky Dam ⓘ
Kentucky Lock → bypassesStructure → Kentucky Dam ⓘ
Kentucky Lock → isPartOfProject → Kentucky Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Dam and Lock Project
Kentucky Lake → impoundedBy → Kentucky Dam ⓘ
Tennessee Valley region of the southern United States → hasHydroelectricDam → Kentucky Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Tennessee Valley region