J. Percy Priest Dam

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J. Percy Priest Dam is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control and hydroelectric dam on the Stones River near Nashville, Tennessee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam
flood control structure
hydroelectric dam
basin Cumberland River basin
constructionCost approximately 50 million US dollars
constructionStartDate 1963
country United States
createsReservoir J. Percy Priest Lake
electricityGenerationType hydroelectric
floodControlFor Cumberland River system
Nashville metropolitan area
hasPowerPlant yes
hasRecreationArea Anderson Road Recreation Area
Cook Recreation Area
Long Hunter State Park (on reservoir shore)
Seven Points Recreation Area
hasSpillway yes
height about 130 feet
length about 2,700 feet
locatedIn Davidson County, Tennessee
Tennessee
locatedNear Nashville, Tennessee
locatedOnRiver Stones River
managingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District
namedAfter J. Percy Priest
nearAirport Nashville International Airport
nearCity Nashville
openingDate 1968
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ownedBy United States federal government
partOf U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District projects
powerPlantCapacity about 28 megawatts
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
navigation support
recreation
water supply
region Middle Tennessee
reservoirArea approximately 14,000 acres
reservoirCapacity over 500,000 acre-feet
reservoirName J. Percy Priest Lake
reservoirShorelineLength approximately 213 miles
state Tennessee
usedFor boating
camping
fishing
swimming
watercourse Stones River

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J. Percy Priest Lake createdBy J. Percy Priest Dam
J. Percy Priest hasPartNamedAfter J. Percy Priest Dam