Norris Lake
| Norris Lake Norris Dam |
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 17 '50 " N , 84 ° 1' 45" W | ||||||||
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| Lock type: | Concrete gravity dam | ||||||||
| Construction time: | 1933-1936 | ||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 81 m | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 570 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 131.4 MW | ||||||||
| Operator: | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 311 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 137 km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 117 km | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 1370 million m³ | ||||||||
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The Norris Lake is a dam on the Clinch River in the counties Anderson , Campbell , Union , Grainger and Claiborne in the State of Tennessee . It is dammed by the Norris Dam .
Norris Lake
The Norris Lake is the largest reservoir on one of the tributaries of the Tennessee River . It has a water surface of 137 km² and a shoreline of 1302 km. The water level typically varies by 8 m over the year. The storage space is 1370 million m³. In the lake there are some by the flooding of valleys formed islands, the largest is named Iceland F .
Emergence
The reservoir was created by the construction of Norris Dam in the 1930s.
Freetime activities
The lake offers a variety of recreational opportunities such as: Norris Dam State Park , Cover Creek Wildlife Management Area, and the Chuck Swan State Forrest . Here you have the opportunity to go on hiking tours. In addition, the lake offers the possibility of water skiing , fishing or swimming.
Norris Dam
The Norris Dam ( ⊙ ) dams the Clinch River over a length of 117 km and the Powell River over a length of 90 km. It is used to generate electricity and regulate the flow. Construction began in 1933 and ended in March 1936. Construction costs were approximately $ 36 million. It was the first major construction project by the Tennessee Valley Authority, founded in 1933 . The reservoir and dam were named after Senator George W. Norris (1861-1944) from Nebraska , a longtime supporter of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The dam is formed by a straight concrete gravity dam and has a length of 570 m and a height of 81 m.
The hydropower plant has two turbines with a total output of 131.4 MW .
The Norris Dam was added to the List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1986 .
Web links
- Norris Reservoir - TVA official website
- "Slopes of Norris Dam Rising to Tame a River," Popular Mechanics, October 1935
- Norris Lake. In: Structurae
- Photo Gallery, Norris Dam, TN on New Deal Network
- Information on Norris Reservoir - Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
- Map of Norris Reservoir
- Norris Lake in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Norris Dam in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Tennessee Valley Authority - Norris Reservoir
- ↑ Leisure activities , accessed on March 4, 2016
- ^ Norris Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ Homepage TVA , accessed on March 4, 2016
- ^ Tennessee Valley Authority, The Norris Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Tennessee Valley Authority's First Water Control Project, Technical Report No. 1 (Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office , 1940), pp. 1-12, 46-47, 65, 531.