Tellico Dam is a concrete gravity and earthen embankment dam on the Little Tennessee River that was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Loudon County, Tennessee. Planning for a dam structure on
The main concrete gravity structure for Tellico Dam (2013)
The Little Tennessee River in Swain County, North Carolina, in 2010. Prior to the Tellico Dam, the river resembled this portion in the Little Tennessee Valley.
Construction on the Tellico Dam concrete structure in 1967
TVA engineers monitoring hydraulics on a prototype of Tellico Dam
The Little Tennessee River is a 135-mile tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southeastern United States from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into
Tellico Dam
…Tellico Dam is a concrete gravity and earthen embankment dam on the Little Tennessee River that was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Loudon County, Tennessee. Planning for a dam structure on the Little Tennessee was reported…
Henry Timberlake's 1765 Draught of the Cherokee Country, showing several Cherokee villages and towns located along the lower Little Tennessee River
Montreat College students explore the Little Tennessee River