Norris Dam

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Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Norris Dam (Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.)

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Label Occurrences
Norris Dam canonical 15
Norris Hydroelectric Project 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf TVA dam ⓘ
concrete gravity dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Norris Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
linked to: Norris Dam
associatedWithProgram Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBeganUnder Franklin D. Roosevelt administration ⓘ
New Deal ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1933 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Norris Lake ⓘ
function reduces downstream flooding ⓘ
regulates flow of the Clinch River ⓘ
George W. NorrisContribution advocated for creation of TVA ⓘ
George W. NorrisRole U.S. Senator from Nebraska ⓘ
gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority power grid ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Norris Dam State Park ⓘ
height approximately 265 feet ⓘ
historicalSignificance early New Deal public works project ⓘ
first major dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 131 megawatts ⓘ
length approximately 1,860 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Campbell County, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
Norris, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Clinch River ⓘ
namedAfter George W. Norris ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Norris Dam State Park ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1936 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Clinch River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Clinch River

Tennessee Valley Authority system ⓘ
providesServiceTo Clinch River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Clinch River

Tennessee Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee Valley
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regional economic development ⓘ
reservoirName Norris Lake ⓘ
reservoirShorelineLength over 800 miles ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 34,000 acres ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Clinch River → hasDam → Norris Dam ⓘ
Norris Dam → alsoKnownAs → Norris Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
linked to: Norris Dam
Clinton, Tennessee → hasNearbyFacility → Norris Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Clinton
Norris, Tennessee → namedAfter → Norris Dam ⓘ
Norris, Tennessee → near → Norris Dam ⓘ
Tennessee Valley region → hasHydroelectricDam → Norris Dam ⓘ
Norris Lake → createdBy → Norris Dam ⓘ
Norris Reservoir → formedBy → Norris Dam ⓘ