🚧 Wheeler Dam

United States · Americas · 34.81°N, 87.38°W

Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Lawrence County, Alabama. It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the mid-1930s as part of a New Deal-era initiative to improve navigation on the river and bring flood control and economic development to the region. The dam impounds the Wheeler Lake of 67,070 acres (27,140 ha) and its tailwaters feed into Wilson Lake.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	34.81°N, 87.38°W · view on map

Wheeler Dam is located in United States, in Americas.

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