Watauga Dam

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Watauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam in northeastern Tennessee that impounds the Watauga River to provide power generation, flood control, and recreational opportunities in the Tennessee Valley region.

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Watauga Dam canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
builtBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
constructionBegan 1942 ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1948 ⓘ
constructionMethod concrete gravity ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Watauga Lake ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea Watauga River basin ⓘ
hasSpillway gated spillway ⓘ
hasTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
height about 100 meters ⓘ
approximately 318 feet ⓘ
impounds Watauga River ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Wilbur Dam ⓘ
length about 283 meters ⓘ
approximately 925 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Carter County, Tennessee ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInState Tennessee ⓘ
locatedNear Butler, Tennessee ⓘ
Elizabethton, Tennessee ⓘ
managedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
mapFeature National Hydrography Dataset ⓘ
openingDate 1948 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Tennessee Valley Authority system ⓘ
Watauga River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Watauga River
plantCapacity about 61 megawatts ⓘ
provides fishing opportunities ⓘ
flood protection downstream ⓘ
hydroelectric energy to the TVA grid ⓘ
recreational boating opportunities ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regionServed Tennessee Valley ⓘ
northeastern Tennessee ⓘ
reservoirCapacity about 1520000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Watauga Lake ⓘ
reservoirUse flood storage ⓘ
hydropower storage ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
river Watauga River ⓘ

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

Tennessee Valley region → hasHydroelectricDam → Watauga Dam ⓘ
Watauga Lake → createdBy → Watauga Dam ⓘ
Watauga River → impoundedBy → Watauga Dam ⓘ