Watauga Dam.  The A.T. crosses the Watauga River on this dam at Watauga Lake.
A visitors center with restroom can be reached by following Watauga Dam Road 0.9
mile east.  This TVA dam, completed in 1948, displaced about 700 people living along
the river banks.  All told, TVA dams in the South displaced nearly 75,000 people from
their homes.  The trade-off was flood control, electricity, jobs, and recreational
opportunities.