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TVA's Tims Ford Dam
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On the Elk River in south central Tennessee is Tims Ford Dam.
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It is an earthen/rockfill dam, 175 feet high and 1,580 feet long.
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The construction of the spillway is a little unusual.
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The three floodgates release water into a channel of poured concrete
and natural rockwork that goes around the powerhouse. The access bridge
to the powerhouse crosses the channel as seen here. The road is gated,
so we couldn't get pictures of the powerhouse or switchyard. Power
output is stated to be 37 Megawatts, but there appeared to be only a
single 161 KV circuit coming out of here. Compare that to the operations
at Great Falls.
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The back side of the dam and spillway. Shot in late February, the lake
is at winter pool.
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The intake structure.
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A view from the fishing area, where TN 50 crosses the Elk River below
the dam.
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A look back across the lake. Tims Ford State Park is somewhere over
there.
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