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Wilson Dam

American  

noun

  1. a dam on the Tennessee River, in NW Alabama, at Muscle Shoals: a part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 4,862 feet (1,482 meters) long; 137 feet (42 meters) high.


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To the extent of my limited knowledge no attempt has ever been made to change the names of Wilson Dam, Cleveland Forest or Jefferson City.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Wilson Dam power station today contains eight generators, with a combined rating of 260,000 h. p.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cove Creek plant, with a rating of 149,000 h. p., will be connected with the Wilson Dam plant by the Authority's own transmission lines.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Government is not using the water power at Wilson Dam to establish any industry or business.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Tennessee Lakes were born in 1918 when Wilson Dam spanned the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, Alabama; but their growth was retarded for fifteen years, until an Act of Congress injected them with vitamins.

From Thy Rocks and Rills by Robert E. Gilbert

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