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Fort
Loudon Lake
is formed by the
Holston, French Broad and Little Tennessee rivers and is
named for the close by Fort Loudon. It is 55 miles long,
has 14,600 acres of surface area and 360 miles of
shoreline. Loudon, Blount and Knox counties surround
Fort Loudon Lake. This lake offers year-round recreation
including: boating, fishing, waterskiing, jetskiing,
swimming, c amping,
public parks, public lake access areas and much more.
Fort Loudon Dam is located on Highway 321 in Lenoir
City, Tennessee. It is 125 feet high, 4190
feet long and consists of 582,000 cubic yards of
concrete. It is the uppermost dam on the Tennessee
River's mainstream. Construction began July 1940 and was
completed July 1944. TVA began filling the reservoir in
August 1943. The dam cost $41,000,000 and took over
19,500,000 man hours for completion. Fort Loudon Dam's
main purpose is to provide electric power, flood
control, recreation, and navigation. The Fort Loudon and
Tellico Damns work together to serve these purposes.
Fort Loudon Dam has a lock from Watts Bar Lake to Fort
Loudon Lake and measure 360 ft x 60 ft. It raises boats
and barges up to 80 feet and moves ½ million tons of
cargo annually.
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