TVA's Ft. Loudon Dam 2023 Adventure

"Fort Loudoun Reservoir, located on the Tennessee River at Knoxville, is the uppermost in the chain of nine TVA reservoirs that form a continuous navigable channel from there to Paducah, Kentucky, 652 miles away."

"Fort Loudoun: Facts & Figures

• Construction of Fort Loudoun Dam began in 1940 and was completed in 1943.
• Fort Loudoun Dam is a hydroelectric facility. It has four generating units with a summer net dependable capacity of 151 megawatts. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a dam can produce on an average day, minus the electricity used by the dam itself.
• The dam is 122 feet high and stretches 4,190 feet across the Tennessee River.
• Fort Loudoun Reservoir has 379 miles of shoreline and 14,600 acres of water surface. It has a flood-storage capacity of 111,000 acre-feet.
• To maintain the water depth required for navigation, Fort Loudoun Reservoir is kept at a minimum winter elevation of 807 feet. The typical summer operating elevation is between 812 and 813 feet.
• The 60- by the 360-foot lock at Fort Loudoun raises and lowers rivercraft about 70 feet between the reservoir and Watts Bar Reservoir.
• Find Fort Loudoun Dam at 1280 City Park Dr., Lenoir City, Tenn."

https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/fort-loudoun