Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station
Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station is a hydroelectric power plant and dam located near Huntersville, North Carolina, approximately 20 miles north of Charlotte on Lake Norman.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include McGuire Nuclear Station.
McGuire Nuclear Station
Power station
Photo: Murr Rhame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about 17 miles northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the state's largest lake, Lake Norman. McGuire Nuclear Station is situated 3,400 feet east of Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station.
Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in North Carolina, United States of America, United States of America
- Categories: hydroelectric dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Catawba Springs Township, Lincoln County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.4349° or 35° 26′ 6″ northLongitude
-80.95834° or 80° 57′ 30″ westElevation
682 feet (208 metres)Open location code
867XC2MR+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 43034221OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cowans Ford Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كوانز فورد الكهرومائيه”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Covans Ford-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cowans Ford-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Cowans Ford-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Cowans Ford”
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