Blue Ridge Dam

Blue Ridge Dam
Official nameBlue Ridge Dam
LocationFannin County, Georgia, United States
Coordinates34°52′57″N 84°16′48″W / 34.88250°N 84.28000°W / 34.88250; -84.28000
Construction began1925
Opening dateJuly 31, 1931
Operator(s)Tennessee Valley Authority
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsToccoa River
Height167 feet (51 m)
Length1,000 feet (300 m)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Toccoa River in Fannin County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the uppermost of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The dam impounds the 3,300-acre (1,300 ha) Blue Ridge Lake on the southwestern fringe of the Blue Ridge Mountains.[1]

  1. ^ Tennessee Valley Authority, Design of TVA Projects Volume 3: Mechanical Design of Hydro Plants, Technical Report No. 24 (Washington, D.C.: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1952), pp. 302-304.

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