Wheeler Dam
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wheeler-dam-305-11191044
title:
Wheeler Dam
text:
Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Lawrence County in Alabama. It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the mid-1930s as part of a New Deal-era initiative to improve navigation on the river and bring flood control and economic development to the region. The dam impounds the Wheeler Lake of 67,070 acres (27,140 ha) and its tailwaters feed into Wilson Lake. Wheeler Dam is na
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Dam in Alabama, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Dam
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date modified:
2024-01-15T21:00:32Z
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