Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Lawrence County in the U.S. state of 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.
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point
length (km)
1933.04
building start date
1933-11-21
building start year
1933-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
height (cm)
21.9456
vastest lake
Wheeler_Dam__1
location
Alabama, Lauderdale County Alabama, Lawrence County Alabama
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