John H Kerr Dam
John H. Kerr Dam is concrete gravity-dam located on the Roanoke River in Virginia, creating Kerr Lake. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1947 and 1953 for the purposes of flood control, and hydropower.
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- …lies at an elevation of 259 feet (79 metres)
- Description: dam in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
- Also known as“Buggs Island Dam”“Kerr Dam”
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midway.
Midway
Hamlet
Midway is an unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States.
6 miles northeast of John H Kerr Dam
John H Kerr Dam
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Latitude
36.59835° or 36° 35′ 54″ north
Longitude
-78.29851° or 78° 17′ 55″ west
Open location code
8783HPX2+8H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“John H Kerr Dam” goes by many names.
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John H. Kerr-demningenNorwegian
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ГЕС John H. KerrUkrainian
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