Ocoee Dam No. 1
Ocoee Dam Number 1 is a hydroelectric dam on the Ocoee River in Polk County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The dam impounds the 1,930-acre Parksville Reservoir and is the farthest downstream of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: place in Tennessee listed on National Register of Historic Places
- Also known as: “Ocoee Dam #1” and “Ocoee Dam Number One”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parksville and Benton Springs.
Parksville
Hamlet
Parksville is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Landrum Bolling, American educator and diplomat, was born in Parksville.
Benton Springs
Hamlet
Benton Springs is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The community was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri politician. Nearby Benton Station and Benton were also named for him as well. Benton Springs is situated 4 miles northeast of Ocoee Dam No. 1.
Ocoee
Ocoee is in the United States in the state of Tennessee. Ocoee's claim to fame is the fact that they were a venue for the 1996 Olympics hosted by Atlanta, GA.Ocoee Dam No. 1
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Polk, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.09511° or 35° 5′ 42″ northLongitude
-84.64805° or 84° 38′ 53″ westInception
January 1912Operator
Tennessee Valley AuthorityOpen location code
867Q39W2+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1086296308OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7076591
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Ocoee Dam No. 1” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ocoee Dam Number One”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد اوكو رقم 1”
- French: “barrage Ocoee n°1”
- French: “Barrage Ocoee n°1”
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