Tellico Dam
Tellico Dam is a concrete gravity and earthen embankment dam on the Little Tennessee River that was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Loudon County, Tennessee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lenoir Cotton Mill and Fort Loudoun Dam.
Lenoir Cotton Mill
Ruins
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The Lenoir Cotton Mill was a 19th-century cotton mill located in the U.S. city of Lenoir City, Tennessee. One of the earliest examples of industrial architecture in Tennessee, the mill operated variously from its construction around 1830 until the 1950s. Lenoir Cotton Mill is situated 1 mile north of Tellico Dam.
Fort Loudoun Dam
Dam
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Fort Loudoun Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, 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… Fort Loudoun Dam is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Tellico Dam.
Fort Loudoun Lake
Dam
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Fort Loudoun Lake is a reservoir in east Tennessee on the upper Tennessee River, extending about 50 miles on the water from Fort Loudoun Dam, at Lenoir City, to Knoxville. Fort Loudoun Lake is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Tellico Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenoir City and Unitia.
Lenoir City
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Lenoir City is a suburban city located in Loudon County, Tennessee. The population was 10,117 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area in East Tennessee, along the Tennessee River southwest of Knoxville.
Unitia
Hamlet
Unitia is an Unincorporated community of Loudon County, Tennessee. Historically it was a crossroads village, the site of a post office, and a stop on the Underground Railroad. Unitia is situated 5 miles southeast of Tellico Dam.
Loudon
Town
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Loudon is a city in and the county seat of Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 6,001 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. Loudon is situated 5 miles southwest of Tellico Dam.
Tellico Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.77799° or 35° 46′ 41″ northLongitude
-84.25967° or 84° 15′ 35″ westElevation
797 feet (243 metres)Height
797 feet (243 metres)Operator
Tennessee Valley AuthorityOpen location code
867QQPHR+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 974374824OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Tellico Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tellico Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد تيليكو”
- Italian: “diga di Tellico”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Tellico”
- Spanish: “Presa de Tellico”
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