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 28780-acre (11650 ha) Cherokee Reservoir. It has a generating capacity of 135200 kilowatts.
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length (km)
2060.45
building start date
1940-08-01
building start year
1940-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
height (cm)
53.34
vastest lake
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location
Tennessee, Grainger County Tennessee, Jefferson County Tennessee
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