Fontana Dam - Robbinsville NC
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nomadwillie
N 35° 27.018 W 083° 48.331
17S E 245368 N 3926598
Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain and Graham counties, North Carolina, United States.
Waymark Code: WMJ6YG
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2013
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The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to accommodate the skyrocketing electricity demands in the Tennessee Valley at the height of World War II. At 480 feet (150 m) high, Fontana is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, and at the time of its construction, it was the fourth tallest dam in the world.
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Operational: yes
Type of power station: Conventional (dams)
Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority
Visitor center: yes
Date built: 11/07/1944
Generation capacity: 225 MW
Type of turbine: Not listed
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