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Skip to main content. Location: Muscle Shoals Alabama. Regional Essays: Alabama Lauderdale County. Architect: U.
Army Corps of Engineers. Types: gravity dams. Styles: Neoclassical. Materials: concrete. Rogers Hall. Wesleyan Hall. Rosenbaum House. At peak construction, more than 4, men labored at the site, requiring the construction of a small town to house them and their dependents.
After 75 years Wilson, at , KW is still among the highest capacity hydroelectric plants in the nation. Simultaneous with Wilson's construction, Nashville District conducted a comprehensive survey of the economic potential and future improvement of the Tennessee River. The final report, advocating power-navigation dams on the main stem and power storage dams on the tributaries, became the foundation of multipurpose development in the valley. When created in , the Tennessee Valley Authority, using Wilson as a model, implemented these advance plans.
The construction of six multipurpose dams and the pressing of other initiatives gradually awakened the region from its torpor. Flood damages fell, barge traffic, barely a million tons a year in , surged and the availability of affordable electric power transformed everyday life in the valley.
In , Muscle Shoals became the first community to receive electric power via the facilities at Wilson Dam; within a few years, more than one hundred other municipalities would join it. Fees Free. Wheelchair Accessible.
Where to Stay. Red Roof Inn Not provided. Days Inn Muscle Shoals Not provided. Open year round. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a dam can produce on an average day, minus the electricity used by the dam itself. On average, 3, vessels pass through Wilson's locks each year. Wilson Reservoir provides miles of shoreline and 15, acres of water surface for recreational activities, including boating and fishing, which have spurred the development of numerous marinas and food and lodging businesses.
It holds as much as , acre-feet of water or TVA operates the Wilson Dam-Lower Rockpile Campground, which features 23 campsites, restrooms, picnic facilities and a group pavilion available by reservation. Additional Resources Ezzell, Patricia B. Jackson, Miss. Hubbard, Preston J. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, Roosevelt, Franklin D. New York: Random House, Tennessee Valley Authority. Knoxville, Tenn. West, William Benjamin. New York: Frank E. Cooper,
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