Hiwassee Dam

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Hiwassee Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, forming Hiwassee Lake and providing power, flood control, and recreation.

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Hiwassee Dam canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1936 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Hiwassee Lake ⓘ
damType concrete arch dam ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
hasFunction navigation support downstream ⓘ
peak power supply ⓘ
water level regulation ⓘ
hasReservoirUse flood storage ⓘ
hydropower storage ⓘ
recreational use ⓘ
height about 307 feet ⓘ
installedCapacity about 185 megawatts ⓘ
isPartOfProgram New Deal-era TVA projects ⓘ
length about 1,376 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Cherokee County, North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Nantahala National Forest vicinity ⓘ
locatedInRegion western North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Tennessee River watershed ⓘ
locatedNear Murphy, North Carolina ⓘ
managedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
nearBorderOf Georgia ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 3 ⓘ
openingDate 1940 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee Valley Authority power system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
recreationActivity boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
regionServed Tennessee Valley region ⓘ
reservoirName Hiwassee Lake ⓘ
reservoirShorelineLength about 180 miles ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 6,000 acres ⓘ
riverCrossed Hiwassee River ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
status operational ⓘ

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

Hiwassee River → hasDam → Hiwassee Dam ⓘ
Hiwassee Lake → createdBy → Hiwassee Dam ⓘ
Hiwasa River → hasDam → Hiwassee Dam ⓘ