Kingston, Tennessee
City in and the county seat of Roane County, Tennessee, United States.
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Clinch River
The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than 300 mi through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in Kingston, Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tennessee
City in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
City in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Blount originally wanted to place the territorial capital at the confluence of the Clinch River and Tennessee River (now Kingston), but when the Cherokee refused to cede this land, Blount chose White's Fort, which McClung had surveyed the previous year.
Tennessee River
Largest tributary of the Ohio River.
Largest tributary of the Ohio River.
Kingston, Tennessee
U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee
U.S. Route 70 (US 70) enters the state of Tennessee from Arkansas via the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, and runs west to east across 21 counties in all three grand divisions of Tennessee, with a total length of 478.48 mi, to end at the North Carolina state line in eastern Cocke County.
U.S. Route 70 (US 70) enters the state of Tennessee from Arkansas via the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, and runs west to east across 21 counties in all three grand divisions of Tennessee, with a total length of 478.48 mi, to end at the North Carolina state line in eastern Cocke County.
Near the US 70S junction in Sparta, SR 1 returns to US 70 for its route from there, to Crossville, to the Harriman/Kingston area, all the way into the north side of Lenoir City, and after US 11 (SR 2) joins US 70, it eventually enters the Knoxville area.
Roane County, Tennessee
County of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
County of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Its county seat is Kingston.
Fort Southwest Point
Fort Southwest Point was a federal frontier outpost at what is now Kingston, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States.
Watts Bar Lake
Reservoir on the Tennessee River created by Watts Bar Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority system.
Reservoir on the Tennessee River created by Watts Bar Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority system.
The Clinch River connects to the main channel of the lake at mile 568 (35.86389°N, -84.53056°W) near Southwest Point (site of Andrew Jackson and John Sevier's 1803 confrontation ) in Kingston, Tennessee.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
City in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 25 mi west of downtown Knoxville.
City in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 25 mi west of downtown Knoxville.
After flowing for approximately 17 mi, the river bends sharply to the northwest at Copper Ridge, and continues in this direction for nearly 7 mi. At the K-25 plant, the Clinch turns southwest again and flows for another 11 mi to its mouth along the Tennessee River at Kingston.
Emory River
River draining a portion of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.
River draining a portion of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.
It flows for just over 46 mi from its source near Frozen Head State Park to its mouth along the Clinch River at Kingston, Tennessee.
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
Environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on Monday December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 e9USgal of coal fly ash slurry.
Environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on Monday December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 e9USgal of coal fly ash slurry.
The coal-fired power plant, located across the Clinch River from the city of Kingston, used a series of ponds to store and dewater the fly ash, a byproduct of coal combustion.