Chickamauga Dam
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Chickamauga Dam is a New Deal dam started in 1936 and completed in 1940. It is located in Hamilton County in the U.S. state of Tennessee inside Chattanooga, TN. It impounds Chickamauga Lake and feeds into Nickajack Lake. It is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River, is 5800 feet long and 129 feet high. The riverwalk, a 10-mile walkway along the Tennessee River begins here.
Chickamauga Dam is located at .
Wilkes T. Thrasher bridge for state highway 153 runs over the dam.
It was named after the Chickamauga (tribe) of Cherokees who used to live in the area.
[edit] See also
- Chickamauga (tribe)
- Dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River
- List of crossings of the Tennessee River
[edit] References
- Chickamauga Dam. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on May 2, 2006.
- History of Chickamauga Dam. Tennessee Lakes info. Retrieved on August 10, 2006.
[edit] External links
| Tennessee River Dams Operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| Kentucky • Pickwick Landing • Wilson • Wheeler • Guntersville • Nickajack • Chickamauga • Watts Bar • Fort Loudoun |
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