Watts Bar Power Station

Watts Bar Power Station is an electrical substation in Rhea, Tennessee. Watts Bar Power Station is situated nearby to the power station Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station, as well as near Leuty Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station and Watts Bar 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 920 feet west of Watts Bar Power Station.

Watts Bar Dam

Dam

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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 1½ miles north of Watts Bar Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Decatur.

Decatur

Town

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.

Decatur is a town in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,563 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Meigs County. Decatur is situated 6 miles south of Watts Bar Power Station.

Watts Bar Power Station

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

35.60033° or 35° 36′ 1″ north

Longitude

-84.78911° or 84° 47′ 21″ west

Operator

Tennessee Valley Authority

Open location code

867QJ626+49

OpenStreetMap ID

way 83111088

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leuty Cemetery and Sims Cemetery.

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