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John H. Kerr Dam: Measurement, Background and construction & Hydro power-plant

John H. Kerr Dam is concrete gravity-dam located on the Roanoke River in Virginia, creating Kerr Lake. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1947 and 1953 for the purposes of flood control, and hydropower. The dam also serves wildlife resources, forest conservation, and public recreational uses. The John H. Kerr Dam currently…

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John H. Kerr Dam topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Background and construction and Hydro power-plant as prominent areas in the source structure around John H. Kerr Dam.

Related topics
27
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
30
Extracted relationships
34
Related term clusters
18
Bridge connections
30

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Background and construction · 11 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Hydro power-plant · 6 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Location
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
Annual generation
426.749 GWh
Construction began
1947; 79 years ago (1947)
Creates
Kerr Lake
Height
144 ft (44 m)
Impounds
Roanoke River

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Background and construction

Hydro power-plant

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How John H. Kerr Dam connects Entity context

The extracted context around John H. Kerr Dam shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, John H. Kerr Dam → Buggs Island Lake, Construction, Flood Control Act, John, Kerr, Kerr Dam, Kerr Dam Project, Samuel Bugg, The John, United States Congress Another extracted example is John H. Kerr Dam → Cooperatives, Dominion Energy, Francis, John, Kerr Dam, MW, Overall, Progress Energy, Six, Southeastern Power Administration. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

John H. Kerr Dam

Top relations

related to background · 10
John H. Kerr Dam → Buggs Island Lake, Construction, Flood Control Act, John, Kerr, Kerr Dam, Kerr Dam Project, Samuel Bugg, The John, United States Congress
related to Hydro power-plant · 10
John H. Kerr Dam → Cooperatives, Dominion Energy, Francis, John, Kerr Dam, MW, Overall, Progress Energy, Six, Southeastern Power Administration
Annual generation · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → 426.749 GWh
Construction began · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → 1947; 79 years ago (1947)
Creates · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → Kerr Lake
Height · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → 144 ft (44 m)
Impounds · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → Roanoke River
Installed capacity · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → 227 MW
Length · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → 2,785 ft (849 m)
Location · 1
John H. Kerr Dam → Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA

Important terminology

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Important terminology

dam kerr john construction concrete lake army corps engineers flood virginia roanoke river 1947 1953 mw built gwh also area

John H. Kerr Dam relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 34 structured relationships around John H. Kerr Dam. Examples in this analysis include John H. Kerr Dam → Annual generation → 426.749 GWh and John H. Kerr Dam → Construction began → 1947; 79 years ago (1947). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
John H. Kerr DamAnnual generation426.749 GWh1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamConstruction began1947; 79 years ago (1947)1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamCreatesKerr Lake1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamHeight144 ft (44 m)1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamImpoundsRoanoke River1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamInstalled capacity227 MW1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamLength2,785 ft (849 m)1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamLocationMecklenburg County, Virginia, USA1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamOpening date1953; 73 years ago (1953)1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamOperatorU.S. Army Corps of Engineers1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamSurface area50,000 acres (20,000 ha)1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamTurbines7 Francis units1.00infobox
John H. Kerr DamType of damConcrete gravity1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around John H. Kerr Dam bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Concrete, John and Kerr. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • John H. Kerr Dam
    • Concrete
    • John
    • Kerr
    • Area
    • Built
    • Gwh
    • Lake
    • Flood
    • Construction
    • Congress
    • Francis
    • Hydro-power
  • john h. kerr dam
    • Kerr
    • River
    • Roanoke
    • Virginia
    • Lake
    • Concrete
    • John
    • Construction
    • Area
    • Built
    • Francis
    • Gwh
  • dam
    • Kerr
    • Concrete
    • Built
    • River
    • Roanoke
    • John
    • Construction
    • Francis
    • Gwh
    • Installed
    • Units
    • Area
  • kerr lake
    • Area
    • River
    • Roanoke
    • Virginia
    • Construction
    • Lake
    • Called
    • Downstream
    • Francis
    • Gwh
    • Installed
    • John
  • john h. kerr
    • River
    • Roanoke
    • Virginia
    • Lake
    • John
    • Kerr
    • Construction
    • Area
    • Francis
    • Gwh
    • Units
    • Flood
  • background and construction
    • Lake
    • Kerr
    • Called
    • Downstream
    • Francis
    • Gwh
    • Installed
    • Named
    • Power-plant
    • Units
    • Dam
    • John
  • concrete
    • Area
    • River
    • Roanoke
    • Lake
    • Dam
    • Francis
    • Gwh
    • Installed
    • Large
    • Units
    • Army
    • Built
  • u.s. army corps of engineers
    • Corps
    • Engineers
    • Hydropower
    • Control
    • Francis
    • Gwh
    • Installed
    • Units
    • Area
    • Flood
    • Mw
    • River

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For John H. Kerr Dam, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects John H. Kerr Dam with Background and construction. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
John H. Kerr Dam — Background and construction · splits 19 ⟂ 12
John H. Kerr Dam — Overview · splits 20 ⟂ 11
John H. Kerr Dam — Hydro power-plant · splits 24 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

John H. Kerr Dam

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples34
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around John H. Kerr Dam to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Background and construction & Hydro power-plant, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — John H. Kerr Dam · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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