Norris Dam
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Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Norris Dam canonical | 10 |
| Norris Hydroelectric Project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T665536 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Norris Dam Context triple: [Knoxville metropolitan area, containsTVAManagedFacility, Norris Dam]
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Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
Croton Falls Dam
Croton Falls Dam is a masonry gravity dam in Westchester County, New York, that forms the Croton Falls Reservoir as part of New York City’s water supply system.
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C.
Hollywood Dam
Hollywood Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles that impounds the Hollywood Reservoir as part of the city’s water supply system.
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D.
Great Stone Dam
The Great Stone Dam is a historic 19th-century granite dam in Lawrence, Massachusetts, built to harness the Merrimack River for industrial waterpower and central to the city’s mill-era development.
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E.
Trinity Dam
Trinity Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Trinity River in Northern California, forming Trinity Lake and providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control as part of the state’s large federal water management system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Norris Dam Target entity description: Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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A.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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B.
Croton Falls Dam
Croton Falls Dam is a masonry gravity dam in Westchester County, New York, that forms the Croton Falls Reservoir as part of New York City’s water supply system.
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C.
Hollywood Dam
Hollywood Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles that impounds the Hollywood Reservoir as part of the city’s water supply system.
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D.
Great Stone Dam
The Great Stone Dam is a historic 19th-century granite dam in Lawrence, Massachusetts, built to harness the Merrimack River for industrial waterpower and central to the city’s mill-era development.
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E.
Trinity Dam
Trinity Dam is a major earthfill dam on the Trinity River in Northern California, forming Trinity Lake and providing water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control as part of the state’s large federal water management system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
TVA dam
ⓘ
concrete gravity dam ⓘ gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Norris Dam
ⓘ
surface form:
Norris Hydroelectric Project
|
| associatedWithProgram | Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| constructionBeganUnder |
Roosevelt administration
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
New Deal ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1933 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createsReservoir | Norris Lake ⓘ |
| function |
reduces downstream flooding
ⓘ
regulates flow of the Clinch River ⓘ |
| George W. NorrisContribution | advocated for creation of TVA ⓘ |
| George W. NorrisRole | U.S. Senator from Nebraska ⓘ |
| gridConnection |
Tennessee Valley Authority
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surface form:
Tennessee Valley Authority power grid
|
| hasRecreationArea | Norris Dam State Park ⓘ |
| height | approximately 265 feet ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early New Deal public works project
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first major dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | approximately 131 megawatts ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1,860 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anderson County, Tennessee
ⓘ
Campbell County, Tennessee ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedNear |
Knoxville, Tennessee
ⓘ
Norris, Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Clinch River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George W. Norris ⓘ |
| nearProtectedArea | Norris Dam State Park ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1936 ⓘ |
| operator | Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ |
| partOf |
Clinch River
ⓘ
surface form:
Clinch River watershed
Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
surface form:
Tennessee Valley Authority system
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| providesServiceTo |
Clinch River
ⓘ
surface form:
Clinch River Valley
Tennessee Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Tennessee Valley region
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| purpose |
flood control
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hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation improvement ⓘ recreation ⓘ regional economic development ⓘ |
| reservoirName | Norris Lake ⓘ |
| reservoirShorelineLength | over 800 miles ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | approximately 34,000 acres ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
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Subject: Norris Dam Description of subject: Norris Dam is a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River in eastern Tennessee, notable as TVA’s first major dam project and a key component of regional flood control and power generation.
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