Ocoee No. 1 Hydroelectric Station

Jct. of US 64 and Ocoee R., Parksville, Tennessee. County/parish: Polk.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 05, 1990. NRIS 90001003.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Parksville Dam

From Wikipedia:

Ocoee Dam No. 1

Ocoee Dam Number 1 is a hydroelectric dam on the Ocoee River in Polk County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The dam impounds the 1,930-acre (780 ha) Parksville Reservoir (often called Ocoee Lake or Parksville Lake) and is the farthest downstream of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Completed in 1911, Ocoee No. 1 was one of the first hydroelectric projects in Tennessee.

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