Ocoee Dam No. 3 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Ocoee Dam No. 3 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Ocoee Dam No. 3 is a hydroelectric dam on the Ocoee River in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to meet emergency demands for electricity during World War II. The dam impounds the Ocoee No. 3 Reservoir, which stretches upriver to the Tennessee-Georgia state line.Tennessee Valley Authority, Ocoee Reservoir No. 3. Retrieved: 23 January 2009. Ocoee No. 3's powerhouse is actually located several miles downstream from the dam, and is fed by a conduit that carries water to it from the reservoir.Tennessee Valley Authority, The Hiwassee Valley Projects Volume 2: The Apalachia, Ocoee No. 3, Nottely, and Chatuge Projects, Technical Report No. 5 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), pp. 1-13, 40, 47, 63, 295, 494. Read more on Wikipedia
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