1939 124mwNet Guntersville Dam on Tennessee River near Guntersville, AL

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TVA posted

 

124mwNet with four units

nrc and TVA
"The dam is 94 feet high and stretches 3,979 feet across the Tennessee River....The larger of Guntersville’s two locks was built in 1965 to handle the growing river traffic."

Richard D. Hamilton Sr., Mar 2021

 

TVA posted

John Lisby posted
TVA Guntersville Dam

TVA-tour, 15th photo of 17

TennesseRiverValleyGeoTourism
In addition to fishing, "eagle watching has become popular on Guntersville Lake, where over 20 mating pairs visit each year. One of the most easily viewed nests is on the north side of Guntersville Dam and can be observed from a small parking area at the intersection of Dam Reservation Road and Painted Bluff Road." There are several trails, one of which goes to "a cave that was used during the Civil War to mine saltpeter, a basic ingredient of gunpowder."
This photo is also on NorthAlabama.

6:47 video tour @ 0:38 via tva-virtual-tour

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It uses Kaplan turbines.

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lecbiz
To clean the stators, walnut shell blasting is used.
[I think the worker is standing on the stator.]

Guntersville Lock posted five photos with the comment:

Intermittent closures at Guntersville Lock have you scratchin your head, trying to figure out what’s going on? 

Lock and dam mechanics from Wilson Lock, Pickwick Lock, and Guntersville joined forces, and expertise to repair a bent valve stem in the Guntersville Lock main chamber. The functionality of the valve stem is crucial because it connects the valve machinery and the valve together to lift and lower the valve. Left in disrepair, Guntersville Lock and Dam would only have one filling valve. If it were to fail, Guntersville’s main lock would become completely inoperable bringing all commerce on the Tennessee River to a screeching halt. 

We want everything to...flow (like water) so, we’re working hard to get things up and running and resume normal operations soon!

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