Hales Bar Dam
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Hale's Bar Dam, completed in 1913, was major hydroelectric project of the former Tennessee Electric Power Company. It was later purchased by the Tennessee Valley Authority who operated it until its replacement by Nickajack Dam, a few miles downstream, in 1968. The dam itself has since been demolished although the powerhouse and its part of the dam still exist.
The dam had a set of navigational locks. The first vessel to transverse the locks was on November 1, 1913.
Construction started in 1905 and required 3,000 men working around the clock. A self-contained community, Guild was built for the construction workers.
