Item No.
Requirement
Complication
22
Source or sources of data. If different for various
"Zusamniienstellung dur Ubergange in Strom-
items, list numbers in groups corresponding to the
gebiet der Weser und Ems," (Mil Geo), pubs
source.
lished by the German High Command, 1939.
23
Reliability of the source or source data.
Usually reliable.
24
Accuracy of data.
Truth cannot be judged (information assem-
bled before World War II).
25
Agency or unit preparing the compilation.
Military Hydrology Branch, Washington Dis-
trict CE.
26
Inclose pictures, maps and drawings depicting the
None.
location and other features of the major items.
27
Date compilation was prepared.
27 Oct. 1953.
19. Dams and Reservoirs. -Pickwick .Landing Dam.
Item No.
Requirement
Complication
1
Name of dam.
Pickwick Landing Dam.
2
Name of reservoir.
Pickwick Landing Reservoir.
3
Country or countries, state or province, and so on, in
US, Tenn.
which the dam is located.
4
Country or countries, state or province, and so on, in
US, Tenn, Miss, Ala.
which the reservoir is located.
5
Main river basin in which the subject is located.
Tennessee-Ohio-Mississippi (fig. 9).
6
Stream on which dam is located.
Tennessee River.
7
Distance and direction from a city or some other
Dam: 100 air miles east of Memphis, Tenn:
definite geographic reference point.
23.5 miles by highway from southern Rail-
way, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, and Illinois
Central Railroad, at Corinth, Miss; 35 miles
by highway from Mobile & Ohio Railroad,
at Selmer, Tenn; 20 miles by highway from
Southern Railway at luka, Miss (fig. 10).
8
Distance from dam to river mouth or to some other
206.7 mi.
stream reference point.
9
Latitude and longitude of the major item.
354'N, 8815'W (from Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica Atlas).
10
Coordinates of any local grid-coordinate system.
NI.
11
Date dam was completed and name of the power group
Completed in March, 1938. Belongs to the
to which dam belongs, if any.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
12
Purposes of the dam or reservoir, such as: flood con-
Electric power, navigation, and flood control.
trol electric power, navigation, water supply and so
on.
13
Type of dam and construction material. Indicate
Concrete gravity spillway section; earth em-
whether dam is fixed or movable; whether arch,
bankments; concrete bulkhead sections; con-
buttress, or gravity type; and whether made of
crete powerhouse and intake section; con-
earthfill, rockfill, concrete masonry, wooden piles,
crete lock (fig. 11).
and so on.
14
Maximum height of dam above valley floor.
113 ft (fig. 12).
15
Total length of dam including abutments and wing
7,715 ft (fig. 12).
dams.
16
Tenth of abutments or wings dams.
Refer to item 18.
17
Indicate whether elevations are based on mean sea
Feet above mean sea level. Based on 1929
level or on some other reference.
General Adjustment Datum.
18
(Give the following data for each concrete or masonry
Figure 12.
section.
a. Length of section.
a.
Spillway section, 1,037.5 ft; spillway bulk-
heads, 103.5 ft; nonoverflow concrete dam,
115 ft; powerhouse intake, 580 ft; lock,
215 ft.
b. Height above base.
b.
105 ft (approximately).
c. Base thickness.
c.
Spillway section including apron, 149.25
ft; spillway section excluding apron, 76.54
ft; nonoverflow concrete dam, 63.25 ft.
AGO 3898A
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