Barkley Dam
Barkley Dam is a dam along the Cumberland River in Kentucky. Its construction along with Kentucky Dam formed the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area by stopping the flow of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, forming Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake respectively.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Barkley Lock and Dam” and “Barkley Power Plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Rivers and Kentucky Lake.
Grand Rivers
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Rivers is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Grand Rivers had a population of 345. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Kentucky Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kentucky Lake is a major navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via Kentucky Dam for flood control and hydroelectric power.
Suwanee
Hamlet
Suwanee is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. Suwanee is situated 3½ miles northeast of Barkley Dam.
Barkley Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Lyon, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.02138° or 37° 1′ 17″ northLongitude
-88.22149° or 88° 13′ 17″ westInception
1966Operator
United States Army Corps of EngineersOpen location code
869H2QCH+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 847835435Wikidata ID
Q4861078
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Barkley Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barkley Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد باركلى”
- Italian: “diga di Barkley”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barkley-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Barkley-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Барклі”
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