Chickamauga Dam

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Chickamauga Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam and navigation lock structure near Chattanooga, Tennessee, that helps generate power, control flooding, and improve river transportation on the Tennessee River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chickamauga Dam canonical 7
Chickamauga Lock 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
navigation lock structure ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
builder Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
constructionPeriod 1936–1940 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1936 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Chickamauga Lake ⓘ
hasEnergySource hydropower ⓘ
hasFunction electricity generation ⓘ
river level regulation ⓘ
support for commercial navigation ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasRecreationArea yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
impounds Tennessee River ⓘ
infrastructureType hydroelectric power station ⓘ
navigation infrastructure ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee
locatedIn Hamilton County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Southeastern United States ⓘ
locatedInState Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInValley Tennessee Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Chattanooga
locatedOnRiver Tennessee River ⓘ
managedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
navigationLockOperator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
nearCity Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Chattanooga
nearLandmark Chattanooga metropolitan area ⓘ
openingDate 1940 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee River navigation system ⓘ
Tennessee Valley Authority system ⓘ
partOfProgram New Deal-era TVA projects ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regionServed Tennessee Valley ⓘ
reservoirLocatedIn Tennessee ⓘ
reservoirName Chickamauga Lake ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
watercourseDammed Tennessee River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Tennessee River → hasDam → Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
Tennessee River → hasLock → Chickamauga Lock ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Dam
Watts Bar Dam → locatedUpstreamFrom → Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
Nickajack Dam → downstreamFrom → Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
Chickamauga Lake → createdBy → Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
Chickamauga Lake → hasDam → Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
Tennessee Valley region → hasHydroelectricDam → Chickamauga Dam ⓘ
Chickamauga Creek → hasHydrologicalFeature → Chickamauga Dam ⓘ