Cherokee Dam

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Cherokee Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam in Tennessee that forms Cherokee Lake and provides flood control, power generation, and recreational opportunities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cherokee Dam canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1940 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdByProgram New Deal-era public works ⓘ
formsReservoir Cherokee Lake ⓘ
gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority power grid ⓘ
hasFunction peak power generation ⓘ
water level regulation ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivities boating ⓘ
camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height approximately 160 feet ⓘ
approximately 52 meters ⓘ
inflow Holston River ⓘ
length approximately 2,850 feet ⓘ
approximately 869 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInCounty Grainger County, Tennessee ⓘ
Jefferson County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Tennessee River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee River
locatedNear Jefferson City, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Holston River ⓘ
managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
namedAfter Cherokee people ⓘ
openingDate 1942 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
outflow Holston River ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee Valley Authority system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
region East Tennessee ⓘ
reservoirName Cherokee Lake ⓘ
reservoirType artificial lake ⓘ
reservoirUse flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
usedFor navigation support downstream ⓘ
regional economic development ⓘ
watercourseDammed Holston River ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Holston River → hasDam → Cherokee Dam ⓘ
Cherokee Reservoir → createdBy → Cherokee Dam ⓘ
Cherokee Reservoir → impoundedBy → Cherokee Dam ⓘ
Cherokee Lake → formedByDam → Cherokee Dam ⓘ