Operations were halted at Hales Bar Dam the following day, and by September 1968, Hales Bar Dam had been dismantled so that it did not threaten navigation on the new Nickajack Lake. Two of Hales Bar's generators and parts of Hales Bar's switchyard were installed at Nickajack.
The cessation of operations at Hales Bar Dam, followed by its dismantling in September 1968, was undertaken to ensure the smooth operation of navigation on the newly created Nickajack Lake.  Two generators and parts of the switchyard from Hales Bar were transferred to Nickajack.