← All North Carolina markers

FONTANA DAM

Fontana Dam is a North Carolina historical marker in Graham County, dedicated 2000.

Graham County · dedicated 2000 · NC 28 and SR 1245 (Fontana Dam Road) at Fontana Village

Get directions ↗

Constructed, 1942-1944, by the Tennessee Valley Authority. At 480 feet tallest dam in eastern U.S. One mile north.

TodayHistorical map

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Example

under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

Upload your family tree and TreeAlive finds the markers near where your own ancestors lived.

See your family's markers

Start with a tree file, a FamilySearch sign in, or a WikiTree ID.

Report a problem with this page

The marker isn't at this spotOur pin may be off. If you know where it stands, tell us.I couldn't find the markerWe record what the source recorded. We have not been to look.The sign reads differentlyThat would be an error, and we can pass it to the program.The historical map looks wrongThe period map behind the pin, not the marker itself.Something else

We may pass what you report to the state's marker program. Please don't include personal details.

This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

FONTANA DAM

More markers nearby