Wilson Dam
Wilson Dam is a dam on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale and Colbert counties of Alabama, United States. Completed in 1924 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, it impounds Wilson Lake, and is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority dams on the Tennessee River.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Governor Robert Patton House.
Governor Robert Patton House
House
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sweetwater Mansion, located in Florence, Alabama, is a plantation house designed by General John Brahan of the Alabama Militia. Governor Robert Patton House is situated 2 miles northwest of Wilson Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florence and Muscle Shoals.
Florence
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Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census.
Muscle Shoals
Town
Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 census, its population was 13,146. Muscle Shoals is situated 4 miles southwest of Wilson Dam.
Mars Hill
Hamlet
Mars Hill is a former unincorporated community that is now a neighborhood of the city of Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. The community contains the campus of Mars Hill Bible School. Mars Hill is situated 4 miles northwest of Wilson Dam.
Wilson Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Alabama, United States of America, United States of America
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Wilson Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wilson Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Alabama)”
- Cebuano: “Wilson Dam”
- Dutch: “Wilson Dam”
- Dutch: “Wilsondam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد ويلسون”
- French: “barrage Wilson”
- French: “Barrage Wilson”
- German: “Kraftwerk Wilson”
- German: “Talsperre Wilson”
- Italian: “diga di Wilson”
- Japanese: “ウィルソン・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilson-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Wilson-demningen”
- Russian: “Плотина Вильсона”
- Spanish: “Presa Wilson”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Вілсон”
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