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Duh! While looking at the TVA Map, I all of a
suddden realized that the TVA watershed extends well into Virginia. In
fact, the Tennessee Valley Divide corresponds to the VA/KY state line
for a ways. So, in the interest of completeness, I have added a Virginia
TVA page. TVA's "Dams and Power Plants" brochure lists two
dams on Beaver Creek, just across the TN/VA line, near Bristol, TN. They
are both non-power dams. Beaver Creek Dam is listed as 85 feet high and
1,588 feet long, so it is not a small dam, but its reservoir is
classified as a "detention basin", whatever that means. Clear
Creek is smaller at 51 feet high and 670 feet long, with a 1 mile
reservior behind it. We will probably bag these on a northeast Tennessee
Dam Quest.
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