John H. Kerr Dam (Va.)

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Name (Latin)
John H. Kerr Dam (Va.)
Other forms of name
Buggs Island Dam (Va.)
Kerr Dam (Va.)
Coordinates
-78.2986 -78.2986 36.5981 36.5981 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Dams Virginia
MARC
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q6236916
Library of congress: sh2015000718
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: John H. Kerr Dam dedication ceremony, 1952:page 15 (the John H. Kerr Dam is located on the Roanoke River 12 miles southwest of South Hill, Va.)
  • GNIS, Mar. 19, 2015(John H Kerr Dam; dam in Mecklenburg County, Va.; variant names: Buggs Island Dam, Kerr Dam; 36°35ʹ53ʺN 078°17ʹ51ʺW)
  • The North Carolina gazetteer, c2010(Kerr Lake was formed in 1952 with the completion of John H. Kerr Dam on Roanoke River in Virginia)