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Water level[edit]

The 2005 Paducah Sun article gave the head as 58 feet at the dam on Tuesday before the article: 360 feet above sea level above the dam, 302 feet below the dam, and 290 feet at Paducah. Is there a source for max, min and average water levels at the dam? The article says a dam failure would result in flooding "low-lying areas along the Tennessee River that normally flood during high water levels." But how would an "unlikely" 50 foot wall of water compare to the 1937 flood?

Recent addition[edit]

There was a recent addition that does not have a reference and does not seem of encyclopedic importance in comparison to the other info on the dam, so I have moved it here: "The dam, which is considered one of the enigneering wonders of the modern world, was conceived and designed by Charles Dees. The land for the project was purchased from Kenneth Hansen, who was a whiskey bootleger, operating a ring between Kentucky, Chicago, and Minneapolis." A quote from some reliable source stating that it was a wonder would be ol, but it is considered "peacock words" to boast about something without a reference. Other construction project or engineering projects do not wstate who the land was bought from, and Dees is not listed elsewhere as the lone person who "conceived and designed it." Googling "Charles Dees" along with :Kentucky Dam" produces no results. There would have to br s good reference which is reliable and verifiable to include a mention of him as conceiver or designer. Edison 23:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2010 dam flooding[edit]

do you rembere 2010 flooding of kydam--joshua 20:36, 3 June 2012 (UTC)--joshua 20:36, 3 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshmel (talk • contribs)

What exactly happened in 2010? The water did not come over the top of the dam and destroy it, so either they held back water and caused the lake level to rise, or they released water and cause the Tennessee River downstream to rise out of its banks. FEMA said in May 2010 that there had been over a foot of rain in parts of the Tennessee River Valley. There was flooding in Tennessee along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. TVA sometimes just passes some of the high flow downstream rather than trying to hold it all back. It lessens but does not prevent downstream flooding. FEMA designated many counties, including Livingston and Marshall in Ky as disaster areas due to flooding in May and June 2010. If that is what happened, it is not worth adding to the article, since they have done it every few years since the dam was built. Maybe there should be an article about the 2010 Tennessee and Cumberland River flooding. FEMA reported flooding disasters in Kentucky in most recent years for the last 50 years. Edison (talk) 16:11, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]