Guntersville Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to create a continuous navigation channel on the entire length of the river and bring flood control and economic development to the region. The dam impounds the Guntersville Lake of 67,900 acres (27,500 ha), and its tailwaters feed into Wheeler Lake.
Guntersville Dam is named for the city of Guntersville, Alabama, which is located about 10 miles (16 km) upstream.[2] The city is named for its first settler, John Gunter (d. 1836), who arrived in the late 18th century.[3]
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^Tennessee Valley Authority, The Guntersville Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Guntersville Project, Technical Report No. 4 (Knoxville, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1941), pp. 1-14, 44, 243, 256, 265.
^Lake Guntersville Chamber of Commerce, History of Guntersville Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: 15 January 2009.
GuntersvilleDam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is one of nine dams on the river owned...
(121 km) from GuntersvilleDam to Nickajack Dam. It is Alabama's largest lake at 69,100 acres (279.6 km2). It is separated by the GuntersvilleDam from Wheeler...
Tennessee Valley Authority Act, engineers came to the Guntersville area looking for a location for a dam that would provide river stability, waterways for...
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Huntsville. Created by Wheeler Dam along the Tennessee River, it stretches 60 miles (97 km) from Wheeler Dam to GuntersvilleDam. It is Alabama's second largest...
manufacturing firms. The opening of GuntersvilleDam by the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1939 turned Guntersville into a peninsula, and created tourism...
the base of GuntersvilleDam to the east. Wilson Dam and the city of Muscle Shoals are located just 15 miles (24 km) downstream of Wheeler Dam. Alabama State...
navigation lock at Chickamauga Dam was designed by the Army Corps of Engineers, and was based on the lock design at GuntersvilleDam. The lock was initially...
What remained of the dam after its dismantling is now submerged under Guntersville Lake. Tennessee Valley Authority, The Guntersville Project: A Comprehensive...
Nickajack Lake and feeds into Guntersville Lake. Nickajack Dam is named for a Cherokee village once located just upstream from the dam (the site is now submerged)...
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Union Grove before it crossed the Tennessee River just downstream of GuntersvilleDam. It snapped numerous trees in a forested area before dissipating southeast...
Painted Bluff is located about 4 miles (6.4 km) downstream from the GuntersvilleDam and is only accessible by boat. The bluff is divided into three levels:...
Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012. "GuntersvilleDam and Lake". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on January...
lists the dams and reservoirs in Alabama. In 2015, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimated that the state has about 2,271 dams. List of dam removals...
Located some 6–7 miles northwest of Guntersville with scenic bluffs overlooking much of Guntersville Lake and the dam, wooded areas and open fields. The...
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Encyclopedia of Alabama. Auburn University. Retrieved April 3, 2012. "GuntersvilleDam and Lake". Encyclopedia of Alabama. "Planning Your Alabama Visit"....
Downstream from the dam site, the river begins to steady as it enters the hills and flatlands near Guntersville. Hales Bar Dam was 113 feet (34 m) high...
people. Guntersville, Alabama, is a major city of northeast Alabama and has a major lake and river port, Lake Guntersville and the Port of Guntersville, respectively...
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