Chickamauga Dam - Chattanooga 4.51

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Chattanooga, TN 37406
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Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The dam is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley. The dam impounds the 36240acre Chickamauga Lake and feeds into Nickajack Lake.Chickamauga Dam is named for the Chickamaugas, a politically detached branch of the Cherokee whose chief village was located just north of the dam site during the 18th century. The tribe's name has also been applied to several streams in the Chattanooga area, as well as an important American Civil War battle and a sandbar that existed at the dam site prior to its construction.LocationChickamauga Dam is located 471mi upstream from the mouth of the Tennessee River, just east of downtown Chattanooga at the river's confluence with North Chickamauga Creek. The reservoir stretches for 59mi from Chickamauga Dam to the base of Watts Bar Dam, and includes parts of Hamilton, Bradley, McMinn, Polk, Rhea, and Meigs counties. The reservoir's notable embayments include Harrison Bay at its confluence with Wolftever Creek approximately 10mi upstream from the dam and the Soddy Creek embayment at 20mi upstream. Along with its main Tennessee River channel, the reservoir is navigable across the lower 18mi of the Hiwassee River, which joins the Tennessee River 30mi above the dam.

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