Wilson Dam (Alabama)

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dam_name= Wilson Dam


caption= View of Wilson Dam from the power house end of the dam.
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crosses= Tennessee River
reservoir= Wilson Lake
locale= Shoals Area, Alabama
maint= TVA
length= convert|4541|ft|m|abbr=on
height= convert|137|ft|m|abbr=on
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began= 1918
open= 1927
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cost= $47,000,000
reservoir_capacity= convert|53600|acre feet
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reservoir_surface= convert|15500|acre|km2
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coordinates= coord|34|48|03|N|87|37|33|W|
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extra=Infobox_nrhp | name =Wilson Dam
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nearest_city= Florence, Alabama
locmapin = Alabama
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built =1925
architect= Army Corps of Engineers
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designated= November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=71&ResourceType=Structure
title=Wilson Dam |accessdate=2007-10-28|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
refnum=66000147

Wilson Dam is a dam in Lauderdale County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It impounds Wilson Lake. It is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. The dam was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000147.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Wilson Dam] |429 KiB |date=February, 1976 |author=Polly M. Rettig and Horace J. Sheely, Jr. |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000147.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, 1 aerial and 1 from below, undated.] |235 KiB ]

Construction on Wilson Dam began in 1918 and was completed in 1927.cite web | title = US Army Corp of Engineers Website | url = http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/history/wilson_lock_and_dam.htm | accessdate = 2008-09-11] The Wilson Dam actually predates the TVA, but was later placed under the authority of the TVA. The dam is convert|137|ft|m high and convert|4541|ft|m across the Tennessee River.cite web | title = TVA Website | url = http://www.tva.gov/sites/wilson.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-16] The cost to build the dam was almost $47 million.cite web | title = US Army Corp of Engineers Website | url = http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/history/wilson_lock_and_dam.htm | accessdate = 2008-09-11]

The main lock at Wilson Dam is convert|110|ft|m high by convert|600|ft|m long. The maximum lift is convert|100|ft|m. It is the highest single lift lock east of the Rocky Mountains An auxiliary lock has two convert|60|ft|m deep by convert|300|ft|m long chambers that operate in tandem. Over 3,700 vessels pass through Wilson Dam's locks each year.

The generating capacity of Wilson dam is 675 megawatts of electricity.

Wilson Dam is located at coord|34|48|03|N|87|37|33|W|display=inline,title.

ee also

*Dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River
*List of crossings of the Tennessee River
*List of Alabama dams and reservoirs
*List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

References

*cite web | url=Gnis3|129082 | title=Wilson Dam | work=Geographic Names Information System | publisher=United States Geological Survey | accessdate=2007-05-16

Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Tennessee River
bridge = Wilson Dam
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upstream = Wheeler Dam
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downstream = Patton Island Bridge
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