Watts Bar Substation

Watts Bar Substation is an electrical substation in Rhea, Tennessee. Watts Bar Substation is situated nearby to the power station Watts Bar Dam Powerhouse, as well as near the park Watts Bar Dam Recreation Area.

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 1,400 feet northeast of Watts Bar Substation.

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 1¼ miles south of Watts Bar Substation.

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 Substation.

Watts Bar Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Rhea, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.61926° or 35° 37′ 9″ north

Longitude

-84.78562° or 84° 47′ 8″ west

Operator

Tennessee Valley Authority

Open location code

867QJ697+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 83111086

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Notable Places Nearby

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

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