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Fort Loudoun Dam

Fort Loudoun Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the in , in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s as part of a unified plan to provide…
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort Loudon Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Loudoun Lake and Lenoir Cotton Mill.

Dam
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is a in east on the upper , extending about 50 miles on the water from Fort Loudoun Dam, at , to .

Ruins
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The was a 19th-century cotton mill located in the U.S. city of . One of the earliest examples of industrial architecture in Tennessee, the mill operated variously from its construction around 1830 until the 1950s. is situated 1¼ miles west of Fort Loudoun Dam.

Dam
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is a concrete gravity and earthen embankment dam on the that was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in . is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Fort Loudoun Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenoir City and Shady Grove.

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is a suburban city located in . The population was 10,117 at the 2020 census. It is included in the in , along the southwest of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located near the line in far southern Knox County, 3.9 miles south of . is situated 4 miles northeast of Fort Loudoun Dam.

Hamlet
is an Unincorporated community of . Historically it was a crossroads village, the site of a , and a stop on the Underground Railroad. is situated 4½ miles southeast of Fort Loudoun Dam.

Fort Loudoun Dam

Latitude
35.7914° or 35° 47′ 29″ north
Longitude
-84.24271° or 84° 14′ 34″ west
Elevation
741 feet (226 metres)
Inception
November 1943
Height
741 feet (226 metres)
Operator
Tennessee Valley Authority
Open location code
867QQQR4+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1186366960
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
4623208
Wiki­data ID
Q4027197
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Fort Loudoun Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Fort Loudoun Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد فورت لودون”
  • Italian: “diga di Fort Loudoun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Loudoun-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Loudoun-demningen”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Форт Лоудон”

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