Jocassee Dam
Jocassee Dam is an embankment dam on the Keowee River, straddling the border of Pickens and Oconee counties in South Carolina in the United States. The dam forms Lake Jocassee, which is fed by the Toxaway, Thompson, Horsepasture and Whitewater Rivers, and serves primarily for hydroelectric power generation and flood control.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 994 feet (303 metres)
- …is operated by Duke Energy
- …stands 384 feet (117 metres) tall
- Description: dam in Pickens/Oconee Counties, South Carolina
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nine Times.
Nine Times
Hamlet
Nine Times is an unincorporated community in Pickens County. Nine Times is situated 5 miles southeast of Jocassee Dam.
Jocassee Dam
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Latitude
34.95979° or 34° 57′ 35″ north
Longitude
-82.91858° or 82° 55′ 7″ west
Open location code
866VX35J+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Jocassee Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jocassee Dam”
- German: “Pumpspeicherkraftwerk Jocassee”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jocassee vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Jocassee vannkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Jocassee”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Jocassee Tie Substation and Jocassee Switching Station.
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