Hiwassee Dam
Hiwassee Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s to bring flood control and electricity to the region.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Power station
- …is also known as “Hiwassee Dam Powerhouse”
- …is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Description: dam in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Established: May 1940
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Latitude
35.15077° or 35° 9′ 3″ north
Longitude
-84.17761° or 84° 10′ 39″ west
Open location code
867Q5R2C+8X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Hiwassee Dam” goes by many names.
Hiwassee DamCebuano
سد هيواسىEgyptian Arabic
diga di HiwasseeItalian
Hiwassee LakeNorwegian
Hiwassee LakeNorwegian Bokmål
ГЕС-ГАЕС HiwasseeUkrainian
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