| Douglas Dam | |
|---|---|
 Douglas Dam from downstream | |
  Location of Douglas Dam in Tennessee | |
| Official name | Douglas Dam |
| Location | Sevier County, Tennessee, United States |
| Coordinates | 35°57′40″N 83°32′20″W / 35.96111°N 83.53889°W |
| Purpose | Flood control, electricity |
| Construction began | February 2, 1942 |
| Opening date | February 19, 1943 |
| Operator(s) | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | French Broad River |
| Height | 202 feet (62 m) |
| Length | 1,705 feet (520 m) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Douglas Lake |
| Total capacity | 1,461,000 acre⋅ft (1,802,000 dam3) |
| Catchment area | 4,541 sq mi (11,760 km2) |
| Power Station | |
| Commission date | 1942–1954 |
| Turbines | 2 × 41 MW, 2 × 32 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 146 MW[1] |
Douglas Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the French Broad River in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which built the dam in record time in the early 1940s to meet emergency energy demands at the height of World War II. Douglas Dam is a straight reinforced concrete gravity-type dam 1705 feet (520 m) long and 202 feet (62 m) high, impounding the 28,420-acre (11,500 ha) Douglas Lake. The dam was named for Douglas Bluff, a cliff overlooking the dam site prior to construction.[2]
- ^ "Hydroelectric Plants in Tennessee". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ Tennessee Valley Authority, The Douglas Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Douglas Project, Technical Report No. 10 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949), pp. 1–12, 28.