Cheoah Dam
The Cheoah Dam is a hydroelectric dam located in Graham and Swain counties, North Carolina, on the Little Tennessee River between river miles 51 and 52.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deals Gap.
Deals Gap
Mountain saddle
Photo: Washuotaku, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deals Gap is a mountain pass along the North Carolina–Tennessee state line, bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and near the Little Tennessee River. Deals Gap is situated 2 miles northeast of Cheoah Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calderwood.
Calderwood
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Calderwood was a community once located along the Little Tennessee River in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Established in 1912 as a base for the Aluminum Company of America's Little Tennessee Valley hydroelectric development operations, the community continued to house construction personnel and dam maintenance personnel for nearby Calderwood Dam until the 1960s. Calderwood is situated 5 miles northwest of Cheoah Dam.
Cheoah Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in North Carolina, United States
- Categories: gravity dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Yellow Creek Township, Graham, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.44824° or 35° 26′ 54″ northLongitude
-83.93648° or 83° 56′ 11″ westElevation
1,250 feet (381 metres)Open location code
867RC3X7+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 43500576OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Cheoah Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cheoah Dam”
- French: “barrage Cheoah”
- French: “Barrage Cheoah”
- German: “Talsperre Cheoah”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cheoah vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cheoah-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Cheoah-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Cheoah”
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