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Norris Dam

Price: $4.95
  

Stock #: 54810
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Norris
State: Tennessee (TN)
County: Anderson
Publisher: Asheville Post Card Co.
Stamp: 1C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Norris Dam, TVA project on the Clinch River in north east Tennessee, now does its part in flood control. The Three steel drum gates in the top of the spillway section are capable of raising the level of the reservoir a total of 14 feet, and when the water reaches the top the lake contains approximately 2,500,000 acre feet. this dam 265 feet high and 1,860 feet long, helps control season floods, aids navigation on the Tennessee River in months of low flow and provides for production of electric power.

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