Chickamauga Dam

The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The dam is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley. The da…
The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The dam is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley. The dam impounds the 36,240-acre Chickamauga Lake and feeds into Nickajack Lake. The dam and associated infrastructure were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
  • Impounds: Tennessee River
  • Height: 129 ft (39 m)
  • Length: 5,800 ft (1,800 m)
  • Creates: Chickamauga Lake
  • Total capacity: 737,300 acre⋅ft (909,400 dam³)
  • Catchment area: 20,790 sq mi (53,800 km²)

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