Cheatham Lock and Dam

Cheatham Lock and Dam, completed in 1951, provides flood control and river navigation on the Cumberland River in Cheatham County, Tennessee, about 10 miles northwest of Ashland City, Tennessee. Owned and operated by the Nashville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the dam provides flood control. It also creates a 67-mile long reservoir, Cheatham Lake, that provides a stable water supply and creates a navigation channel on the river that is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The lock chamber is 800 feet long and 100 feet wide and can lift a boat 26 feet from the river below the dam to the lake above, releasing 17 million gallons of water each time it is emptied.

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