Cherokee Dam
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cherokee-dam-164-12749260
title:
Cherokee Dam
text:
Cherokee Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Holston River in Grainger County and Jefferson County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated and maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to help meet urgent demands for energy at the outbreak of World War II. Cherokee Dam is 175 feet (53 m) high and impounds the 28,780-acre (11,650 ha) Cherokee Lake. It has a generating capacity of 136 megawatts. The dam was named for the C
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Dam in Tennessee, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Dam
date created:
2009-01-07T23:05:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T00:48:31Z
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13
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