Apalachia Dam
Apalachia Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The dam is the lowermost of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide emergency power for aluminum production during World War II.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farner and Turtletown.
Farner
Hamlet
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Farner is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Farner is located in a mountainous area along Tennessee State Route 68 near the North Carolina border, 9 miles north-northeast of Ducktown.
Turtletown
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 4.0.
Turtletown is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Turtletown is located on Tennessee State Route 68 6.5 miles north-northeast of Ducktown. Turtletown is situated 4½ miles southwest of Apalachia Dam.
Apalachia Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Shoal Creek Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Apalachia Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Apalachia Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد ابالاتشى”
- Italian: “diga di Apalachia”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Apalachia”
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