Norris Dam

Norris Lake is a reservoir on the Clinch River in Anderson and Campbell County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is dammed by the Norris Dam. This is used to generate electricity and for flow regulation.

The construction of the mid-1930s was the first major construction project, which was founded in 1933 Tennessee Valley Authority. Reservoir and dam were named after Senator George W. Norris (1861-1944) from Nebraska, a longtime supporter of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

The Norris Dam is formed by a straight concrete gravity dam. The dam has a length of 570 m and a height of 81 m.

The Norris Lake is the largest reservoir on a tributary of the Tennessee River. He has a water area of ​​137 km ² and a shoreline of 1302 km. The water level varies typically by 8 m throughout the year. The storage space is 1370 million cubic meters. Norris Dam impounds the Clinch River for a distance of 117 km and the Powell River for a distance of 90 km. In the lake are some of the flooding of valleys formed islands, the largest is named Iceland F.

The hydropower plant has two turbines with a total capacity of 131.4 MW.

The Norris Dam was recorded in 1986 by the American Society of Civil Engineers in the List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.