Mackinac Bridge

Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac Bridge, taken from the ferry on the way to Mackinac Island.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Watauga Lake, Eastern, TN

Watauga Dam, winds 17 miles through picturesque Cherokee National Forest, source of the Watauga River.  The lake covers an area of6400 acres with a shoreline of more than a hundred miles.  Controlled water storage is 677,000 acre-feet for the multiple purpose of flood control, navigation and electric power.  Watauga Dam is 320 ft.high and 900 ft. long.  Power instillation consists of two 25,000 kilowatt units.  The dam is located near Elizabethton, Tennessee.
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