The Cheatham Lock and Dam is a dam in

Ashland City, Tennessee Ashland City is a town in and the county seat of Cheatham County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,767 as of the 2020 census. History Ashland City was created in 1856 as a county seat for the newly established Cheatham County. The ...

, USA. It was built on the

Cumberland River The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and ...

from 1949 to 1951. Electricity from the dam is marketed by the

Southeastern Power Administration The Southeastern Power Administration is a United States Power Marketing Administration with responsibility for marketing hydroelectric power from 23 water projects operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the states of West Virginia, Virgin ...

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Buildings and structures in Cheatham County, Tennessee Dams completed in 1951 Dams in Tennessee 1951 establishments in Tennessee Dams on the Cumberland River {{Tennessee-struct-stub