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Douglas Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the French Broad River in Sevier County Tennessee in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) which built the dam in record time in the early 1940s to meet emergency energy demands at the height of World War II. Douglas Dam is a straight reinforced concrete gravity-type dam 1705 feet (520 m) long and 202 feet (62 m) high impounding the 28420-acre (11500 ha) Douglas Lake.

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length (km)
519.684
building start date
1942-02-02
building start year
1942-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
height (cm)
61.5696
vastest lake
Douglas_Dam__1
location
Sevier County Tennessee
opening date
1943-02-19
opening year
1943-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operator
Tennessee Valley Authority
part
Douglas_Dam__2
river
French Broad River
latitude
35.9611
longitude
-83.5389

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