Tennessee Valley Authority
Ocoee Reservoir No. 2
The Ocoee ranks as one of the top 10 whitewater rivers in the country. A number of commercial outfitters supply equipment and organize whitewater rafting trips in the area.
Ocoee Dam No. 2, located in southeast Tennessee, is the second in a string of three TVA dams on the Ocoee River. Ocoee No. 2, completed in 1913, was among the first hydroelectric projects in the region. It was acquired by TVA in 1939.
Along with the other Ocoee dams, it is an integral part of TVA’s hydroelectric system. Together they produce more than 70,000 kilowatts of electric power.
The Ocoee No. 2 powerhouse is located nearly five miles downstream from the dam. At the dam, water from the river is diverted into a flume—a wooden trough supported on a bench carved out of the mountainside—which carries it to a point where it is discharged through pipes to the powerhouse more than 250 feet below.
As a result, the amount of power generated by 30-foot-high Ocoee Dam No. 2 equals that of a 250-foot-high dam. Constructed in 1912, the flume at Ocoee No. 2 is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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