South Holston Dam
South Holston Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River in Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the uppermost of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1940s as part of efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed.
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- …lies at an elevation of 1,729 feet (527 metres)
- Description: dam in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States of America
Hamlets in the Area
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Holston Valley
Holston Valley is an unincorporated community in eastern Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.
3 miles north of South Holston Dam
Goose Pimple Junction
Goose Pimple Junction is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Virginia, United States.
5 miles north of South Holston Dam
South Holston Dam
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Latitude
36.52344° or 36° 31′ 24″ north
Longitude
-82.0887° or 82° 5′ 19″ west
Open location code
868VGWF6+9G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“South Holston Dam” goes by many names.
South Holston DamCebuano
سد جنوب هولستونEgyptian Arabic
diga di South HolstonItalian
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