The Wolf Creek Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County Kentucky United States. The dam serves at once four distinct purposes: it generates hydroelectricity; it regulates and limits flooding; it releases stored water to permit year-round navigation on the lower Cumberland River; and it creates Lake Cumberland for recreation which has become a popular tourist attraction. Because of seepage problems in the dam’s foundation it has become the U.S.
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