| Boone Dam | |
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| Official name | Boone Dam |
| Location | Sullivan County and Washington County, Tennessee, United States |
| Coordinates | 36°26′24″N 82°26′16″W / 36.44000°N 82.43778°W |
| Construction began | August 29, 1950 |
| Opening date | December 16, 1952 |
| Operator(s) | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | South Fork Holston River |
| Height | 160 feet (49 m) |
| Length | 1,532 feet (467 m) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Boone Lake |
Boone Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River on the border between Sullivan County and Washington County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1950s as part of greater efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed. The dam impounds the 4,500-acre (1,800 ha) Boone Lake, and its tailwaters are part of Fort Patrick Henry Lake.[1] The dam and associated infrastructure were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
Boone Dam is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820), who was active in the general area in the 1760s.[2]
- ^ Tennessee Valley Authority, The Upper Holston Projects: Watauga, South Holston, Boone, and Fort Patrick Henry; a Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, Initial Operations, and Costs of Four Hydro Projects in the Holston Basin at the Eastern Tip of Tennessee, Technical Report No. 14 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958), pp. 1-6, 12, 18-23, 31, 37, 61-65, 236, 548.
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