Calderwood Dam
Calderwood Dam is a hydroelectric dam located along the Little Tennessee River in Blount and Monroe counties, in the U. S. state of Tennessee. Completed in 1930, the dam is owned and maintained by Tapoco, a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America, although the Tennessee Valley Authority controls the dam's reservoir levels from Fontana Dam further upstream.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calderwood and Tallassee.
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.
Tallassee
Hamlet
Tallassee is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee. Its ZIP code is 37878. Tallassee is located along U.S. Route 129 approximately a half mile west of Chilhowee Dam along the banks of the Little Tennessee River. Tallassee is situated 6 miles northwest of Calderwood Dam.
Calderwood Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Categories: arch dam and historic site
- Location: Monroe, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.49202° or 35° 29′ 31″ northLongitude
-83.97961° or 83° 58′ 47″ westElevation
1,086 feet (331 metres)Inception
1930Open location code
867RF2RC+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 43500766OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Calderwood Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Calderwood Dam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calderwood-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Calderwood-demningen”
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