Roanoke Rapids Dam

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Roanoke Rapids Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Roanoke River in North Carolina that generates power and helps regulate river flow.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Roanoke Rapids Dam canonical 4
Roanoke Rapids Hydroelectric Plant 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1950s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
downstreamFrom Gaston Dam ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
FERCLicenseType hydropower license ⓘ
gridConnection regional electric grid in North Carolina ⓘ
hasFunction load balancing for electric grid ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Roanoke Rapids Hydroelectric Plant ⓘ
linked to: Roanoke Rapids Dam
hasReservoir Roanoke Rapids Lake ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasTypeOfTurbine Francis turbine ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 104 MW ⓘ
isInfrastructureType renewable energy facility ⓘ
isNamedAfter Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina ⓘ
isPartOf Dominion Energy hydroelectric portfolio ⓘ
isPartOfSystemWith Gaston Dam ⓘ
isStructureOn Roanoke River ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Roanoke River ⓘ
nearestCity Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
openingDate 1955 ⓘ
operator Dominion Energy ⓘ
owner Dominion Energy ⓘ
partOf Roanoke River hydroelectric project ⓘ
primaryFunction peaking power generation ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
river flow regulation ⓘ
region Halifax County, North Carolina ⓘ
regulatesFlowOf Roanoke River ⓘ
reservoirName Roanoke Rapids Lake ⓘ
reservoirUse hydropower ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
riverBasin Roanoke River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Roanoke River
safetyRegulator Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ⓘ
secondaryFunction flow regulation for downstream reaches ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
supportsActivity boating on Roanoke Rapids Lake ⓘ
fishing on Roanoke Rapids Lake ⓘ
upstreamFrom Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina ⓘ
watercourse Roanoke River ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Roanoke River → hasDam → Roanoke Rapids Dam ⓘ
Roanoke Rapids Lake → createdBy → Roanoke Rapids Dam ⓘ
Roanoke Rapids Dam → hasPowerPlant → Roanoke Rapids Hydroelectric Plant ⓘ
linked to: Roanoke Rapids Dam
Gaston Dam → upstreamFrom → Roanoke Rapids Dam ⓘ