Fort Loudoun Dam

Fort Loudoun Lock and Dam. View is upriver to the northwest.

Fort Loudoun Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dam on the Tennessee River in East Tennessee. It impounds Fort Loudoun Lake at Lenoir City, Tennessee. This lake is the uppermost in the chain of nine TVA reservoirs that form a continuous navigable channel on the Tennessee River from Knoxville to Paducah, Kentucky, 652 miles (1049 km) away. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 596 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 953 pixel, file size: 384 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Scott Johnson (scott@kd4dcy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 596 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 953 pixel, file size: 384 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: Scott Johnson (scott@kd4dcy. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (1500 × 1000 pixel, file size: 480 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fort Loudoun Dam... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (1500 × 1000 pixel, file size: 480 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fort Loudoun Dam... TVA logo The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly hard hit by the Great Depression. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A riverboat passing under the Henley Street Bridge on the Tennessee River. ... East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the state of Tennessee. ... Fort Loudoun Lake is a lake in east Tennessee on the Tennessee River. ... Lenoir City is a city located in Loudon County, Tennessee. ... A riverboat passing under the Henley Street Bridge on the Tennessee River. ... Nickname: The Marble City, K-Town, Big Orange Country, Knox Vegas, 865 Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Coordinates: Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Government  - Mayor Bill Haslam (R) Area  - City 254. ... Paducah is a city in McCracken County, Kentucky at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ...

Capacity

Fort Loudoun Dam is 122 feet (37 m) high and stretches 4,190 feet (1277 m) across the Tennessee River. Fort Loudoun provides 379 miles (610 km) of shoreline and 14,600 acres (59 km²) of water surface. Fort Loudoun has a flood-storage capacity of 111,000 acre-feet (137,000,000 m³), and generates 155.6 megawatts of electricity. A riverboat passing under the Henley Street Bridge on the Tennessee River. ...

History

Construction of Fort Loudoun Dam began in 1940 and was completed in 1943. It is named for Fort Loudoun, an 18th century British fort built during the French and Indian War. The fort was named for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, commander of British forces in North America at the time. Fort Loudoun was a colonial American fort in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee near the villages of the Overhill Cherokee. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Combatants France First Nations allies: * Algonquin * Huron * Ojibwa * Ottawa * Shawnee Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy Strength 3,900 regulars 7,900 militia 2,200 natives (1759) 50,000 regulars and militia (1759) The French and Indian War was the nine-year North American chapter of the Seven Years War. ... John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun was a British nobleman and military leader. ...

See also

• Dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River
• Tellico Dam

Fort Loudon Watts Bar Chickamauga Nickajack Guntersville Dam impounds Lake Guntersville Wheeler Dam impounds Wheeler Lake Wilson Dam impounds Wilson Lake Pickwick Kentucky Categories: Stub ... Tellico Dam impounded Tellico Reservoir by the Tennessee Valley Authorityis located in Loudon County, Tennessee in eastern Tennessee, southwest of Knoxville, on the Little Tennessee River. ...

External links

• TVA: Fort Loudoun Reservoir

The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth. ... TVA logo The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly hard hit by the Great Depression. ... Kentucky Dam is a dam on the Tennessee River on the dividing line between Livingston County and Marshall County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Pickwick Landing Dam. ... Wilson Dam is a dam in Lauderdale County in the U.S. state of Alabama. ... Wheeler Lake is located in north Alabama between Rogersville and Huntsville. ... Guntersville Lake area Lake Guntersville is located in north Alabama between Bridgeport and Guntersville. ... Nickajack Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River near Jasper, Tennessee Nickajack Dam is a dam in Marion County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... Chickamauga Dam is a dam in Hamilton County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... Watts Bar Dam located about midway between Knoxville and Chattanooga, is one of nine T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority) dams on the Tennessee River. ...