Kerr Lake
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kerr-lake-183-15535784
title:
Kerr Lake
text:
The John H. Kerr Reservoir is a reservoir along the border of the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the John H. Kerr Dam across the Roanoke River between 1947 and 1952 to produce hydroelectricity as well as for flood control. Kerr Lake is the largest lake in Virginia, with 850 miles (1,370 km) of shoreline located in Vance, Granville, and Warren counties in North Carolina, as well as Mecklenburg, Charlotte, and Halifax counties in Virginia.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Reservoir along the Virginia–North Carolina border, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_Lake
date created:
2006-07-17T18:59:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:30:37Z
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