Melton Hill Dam

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Melton Hill Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in East Tennessee, forming Melton Hill Lake and providing power generation, recreation, and flood control for the Knoxville area.

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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.

Prompt

Generate an image of Melton Hill Dam (Melton Hill Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in East Tennessee, forming Melton Hill Lake and providing power generation, recreation, and flood control for the Knoxville area.)

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Label Occurrences
Melton Hill Dam canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tennessee Valley Authority facility ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
connectedWaterway Tennessee River via Clinch River ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee River
constructionCost approximately $40 million ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1960 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Melton Hill Lake ⓘ
elevationOfCrest approximately 795 feet above sea level ⓘ
floodControlFunction reduces flooding risk downstream on the Clinch River ⓘ
supports flood regulation for the Tennessee River system ⓘ
gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority power system ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 79 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Anderson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Loudon County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInRegion East Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Clinch River ⓘ
managingAgency Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
navigationLockOperator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
navigationLockType single-chamber lock ⓘ
nearCity Clinton, Tennessee ⓘ
Oak Ridge, Tennessee ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1963 ⓘ
operator Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
partOf Clinch River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Clinch River

Tennessee Valley Authority system ⓘ
plantType run-of-river hydroelectric plant ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
regionServed East Tennessee ⓘ
Knoxville metropolitan area ⓘ
reservoirName Melton Hill Lake ⓘ
reservoirShorelineLength approximately 173 miles ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea approximately 5,470 acres ⓘ
reservoirUse boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
rowingsports ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
servesCity Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
supportsActivity commercial navigation ⓘ
hydropower generation for regional grid ⓘ
turbineType Kaplan turbine ⓘ
linked to: Kaplan turbines

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Referenced by (4)

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

Melton Hill Lake → createdBy → Melton Hill Dam ⓘ
Melton Hill Lake → impoundedBy → Melton Hill Dam ⓘ
Clinch River → hasDam → Melton Hill Dam ⓘ