page_title: Ocoee Dam No. 1
hierarchical_section_title: Ocoee Dam No. 1
caption_attribution_description: English: Ocoee Dam No. 1 on the Ocoee River in Polk County, Tennessee, USA, photographed in the 1940s.
context_page_description: Ocoee Dam Number 1 is a hydroelectric dam on the Ocoee River in Polk County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The dam impounds the 1,930-acre Parksville Reservoir, and is the farthest downstream of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Completed in 1911, Ocoee No. 1 was one of the first hydroelectric projects in Tennessee.
context_section_description: Ocoee Dam Number 1 is a hydroelectric dam on the Ocoee River in Polk County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.  The dam impounds the 1,930-acre (780 ha) Parksville Reservoir (often called Ocoee Lake), and is the farthest downstream of four dams on the Toccoa/Ocoee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.  Completed in 1911, Ocoee No. 1 was one of the first hydroelectric projects in Tennessee.
caption: Ocoee Dam No. 1, 1940s
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