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Fontana DamFontana Dam, a multi-purpose dam on the Little Tennessee River, is 480 feet high, TVA’s highest. Begun soon after Pearl Harbor, it was completed in less than three years. Water stored here helps control floods. Released water . . . — — Map (db m160563) HM
• Fontana is the highest concrete dam east of the Rocky Mountains. • Construction of Fontana Dam began in 1942 and was completed in 1944. • Fontana provides 238 miles of shoreline and 10,230 acres of water surface for recreation activities. • . . . — — Map (db m160573) HM
