Chickamauga Dam
The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The dam is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chickamauga Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Tenbridge and Northgate Mall.
Tenbridge
Bridge
Northgate Mall
Shopping center
Northgate Mall, also called Northgate, is an enclosed… Northgate Mall is situated 2 miles north of Chickamauga Dam.
South Chickamauga Creek
River
North and South Chickamauga Creek are short… South Chickamauga Creek is situated 2½ miles south of Chickamauga Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lupton City and Boyce.
Lupton City
Hamlet
Lupton City is a neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Lupton City is situated 2 miles west of Chickamauga Dam.
Boyce
Hamlet
Boyce is an area within Chattanooga, Tennessee. Boyce is situated 2½ miles southwest of Chickamauga Dam.
Chickamauga Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Hamilton, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.10304° or 35° 6′ 11″ north
Longitude
-85.2293° or 85° 13′ 46″ west
Established
March 1940
Operator
Open location code
867P4Q3C+67
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Chickamauga Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chickamauga Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد تشيكاماوجا”
- French: “barrage Chickamauga”
- French: “Barrage Chickamauga”
- Italian: “diga di Chickamauga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chickamauga-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Chickamauga-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Чикамога”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Чикамоге”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Wilkes T. Thrasher Bridge and Denise Heinly Art Center.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Chickamauga Substation and Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project.
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