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.
Part of Pre-TVA Hydroelectric Power Development in Tennessee MPS (NRIS 64500614).
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
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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