Ocoee Dam No. 3 – Turtletown TN

City:
Turtletown, TN

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Dams

New Deal Agencies:
Conservation and Public Lands, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Started:
1941

Completed:
1942

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“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.”   (wikipedia)

Source notes

https://www.tva.gov/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocoee_Dam_No._3

Location Info

Turtletown, TN 37391
Polk County

Coordinates: 35.040556, -84.466667

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