Melton Hill Dam
Melton Hill Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River just south of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1960s to extend the Tennessee Valley's continuous navigation channel up the Clinch as far as Clinton and to increase TVA's overall power-generating capacity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Roane County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Also known as: “Milton Hill Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dixie Lee Junction.
Dixie Lee Junction
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Dixie Lee Junction is an unincorporated community in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States, situated at the intersection of U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 11. Dixie Lee Junction is situated 4½ miles east of Melton Hill Dam.
Melton Hill Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.88521° or 35° 53′ 7″ northLongitude
-84.30049° or 84° 18′ 2″ westElevation
741 feet (226 metres)Operator
Tennessee Valley AuthorityOpen location code
867QVMPX+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 994068182OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
4641188Wikidata ID
Q6813786
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Melton Hill Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Melton Hill Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد ميلتون هيل”
- Italian: “diga di Melton Hill”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Мелтон-Хілл”
Localities in the Area
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