
Norris Lake
Norris Lake is the boaters' dream lake. Norris Lake is perfect for a family get away with plenty of thrills and adventures for the whole family. Whether it is skiing, boating, fishing, or other reasons, Norris Lake has it all!




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Construction of Norris Dam began in 1933, just a few months after the creation of TVA, and was completed in 1936.
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The dam is 265 feet high and stretches 1,860 feet across the Clinch River.
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Norris Dam is a hydroelectric facility. It has two generating units with a net dependable capacity of 110 megawatts. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a dam can produce on an average day, minus the electricity used by the dam itself.
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The town of Norris was built to house construction workers on the dam. It was a planned community that became a model for others throughout the nation. The town was sold to private owners in 1948.
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Norris has 809 miles of shoreline and 33,840 acres of water surface. It is the largest reservoir on a tributary of the Tennessee River.
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In a year with normal rainfall, the water level in Norris Reservoir varies about 29 feet from summer to winter to provide seasonal flood storage.
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The reservoir has a flood-storage capacity of 1,113,000 acre-feet.
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Find Norris Dam off Hwy. 441 at 30 Powerhouse Way, Norris, Tenn. 37828.
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