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Watts Bar Dam

Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the in and counties in , United States. The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station.

Power station
Photo: TVA Web Team, CC BY 2.0.
The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is a Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear reactor pair used for electric power generation. It is located on a 1,770-acre site in , near , between and . is situated 1½ miles south of Watts Bar Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Euchee.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 5 miles northeast of Watts Bar Dam.

Watts Bar Dam

Latitude
35.62174° or 35° 37′ 18″ north
Longitude
-84.78194° or 84° 46′ 55″ west
Elevation
682 feet (208 metres)
Operator
Tennessee Valley Authority
Open location code
867QJ6C9+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 979889995
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
4666181
Wiki­data ID
Q4027232
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Satellite Map

Discover Watts Bar Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Watts Bar Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Watts Bar Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واتس بار دام”
  • Italian: “diga di Watts Bar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Watts Bar vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Watts Bar-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Watts Bar-demningen”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Воттс-Бар”

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Localities in the Area

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