The Elk River Dam, completed in 1952,
impounds the
Elk River in the US state of
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
to form the
Woods Reservoir
Woods Reservoir is a 3,600 acre reservoir created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for use as a cooling system for the United States Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center. The US Air Force and Arnold Engineering Development ...
. The US Air Force and Arnold Engineering Development Center own and operate Woods Reservoir.
The dam itself is just under 3,000 feet long and holds back 26 billion gallons of water on a reservoir.
The water is used to help the
Arnold Air Force Base
Arnold Air Force Base (Arnold AFB) is a United States Air Force base located in Coffee and Franklin counties, Tennessee, adjacent to the city of Tullahoma. It is named for General Henry "Hap" Arnold, the father of the U.S. Air Force.
Ther ...
with cooling of their wind-tunnel equipment.
Water exiting from the dam flows along the
Elk River into
Tims Ford Lake
Tims Ford Lake is a reservoir run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in southern middle Tennessee. The lake encompasses 10,700 acres (16.7 square miles) and approximately 250 miles of shoreline.
The Tims Ford Dam was named from an early ...
.
References
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1952 establishments
Dams in Tennessee