Capacity
Ocoee No. 1 is 135 feet (41 m) high and 840 feet (260 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 24,000, up from an original 19,200 kilowatts after being refurbished in 1989-1991. The dam's concrete gravity arched spillway has a maximum discharge of 45,000 cubic feet per second (1,300 m3/s). Parksville Lake has 109 miles (175 km) of shoreline and the lake's water levels fluctuate by just 9 feet (2.7 m) per year.
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