Watts Bar Lock and Dam

Watts Bar Lock and Dam is a lock gate in Rhea, Tennessee. Watts Bar Lock and Dam is situated nearby to Watts Bar Dam, as well as near Meigs County Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Watts Bar Dam and Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station.

Watts Bar Dam

Dam

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, 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. Watts Bar Dam is situated 850 feet west of Watts Bar Lock and Dam.

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 Rhea County, Tennessee, near Spring City, between Chattanooga and Knoxville. Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Watts Bar Lock and Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Euchee.

Euchee

Hamlet

Euchee is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Euchee is situated 5 miles northeast of Watts Bar Lock and Dam.

Watts Bar Lock and Dam

Type: Lock gate
Category: transportation
Location: Rhea, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.62123° or 35° 37′ 16″ north

Longitude

-84.77915° or 84° 46′ 45″ west

Open location code

867QJ6CC+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 911471352

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=lock_gate

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Watts Bar Dam Powerhouse and Watts Bar Dam Recreation Area.

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