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Norris Dam State Park

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Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park
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+1 865-426-7461

Hours:
Sunday6am - 10pm
Monday6am - 10pm
Tuesday6am - 10pm
Wednesday6am - 10pm
Thursday6am - 10pm
Friday6am - 10pm
Saturday6am - 10pm


Norris Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control structure located on the Clinch River in Anderson County and Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Its construction in the mid-1930s was the first major project for the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had been created in 1933 to bring economic development to the region and control the rampant flooding that had long plagued the Tennessee Valley. The dam was named in honor of Nebraska Senator George Norris , a longtime supporter of government-owned power in general, and supporter of TVA in particular. The project infrastructure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Norris Dam is a straight concrete gravity-type dam. The dam is 1860 feet long and 265 feet high. Norris Lake, the largest reservoir on a tributary of the Tennessee River, has 33,840 acres of water surface and 809 miles of shoreline. The dam has a maximum generating capacity of 132,000 kilowatts.
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