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The Cheoah Dam is a hydroelectric dam located in Graham and Swain counties, North Carolina, on the Little Tennessee River between river miles 51 and 52. The Cheoah Development consists of a dam and powerhouse, the first of several constructed by the Tallassee Power Company, a subsidiary of Aluminum Company of America, in order t…
The Cheoah Dam is a hydroelectric dam located in Graham and Swain counties, North Carolina, on the Little Tennessee River between river miles 51 and 52. The Cheoah Development consists of a dam and powerhouse, the first of several constructed by the Tallassee Power Company, a subsidiary of Aluminum Company of America, in order to generate electricity to smelt aluminum in Alcoa, Tennessee.
  • Location: 1512 Tapoca Rd., US 129, near Robbinsville, North Carolina
  • Area: 25 acres (10 ha)
  • Built: 1919
  • Built by: Power & Engineering Group of Alcoa
  • Architectural style: Classical Revival
  • MPS: Tapoco Hydroelectric Project MPS
  • NRHP reference No.: 04000464

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