Melton Hill
Melton Hill is a lock gate in Loudon, Tennessee.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melton Hill Dam.
Melton Hill Dam
Dam
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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. Melton Hill Dam is situated 380 feet southwest of Melton Hill.
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 southeast of Melton Hill.
Melton Hill
- Type: Lock gate
- Category: transportation
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.88609° or 35° 53′ 10″ northLongitude
-84.29978° or 84° 17′ 59″ westOpen location code
867QVPP2+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 9064789100OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=lock_gate
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