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The Pigeon River at Newport rose to over three times its flood stage by 4 p.m. Sept. 27, blowing past record levels when it reached over 27 feet high. The previous record was 23 feet, 4 inches.
Newport, Tennessee, is split by two rivers, the Pigeon and French Broad. On Sept. 27, they turned into pathways of destruction as the Southern Appalachians were drowned in rain from the remnants ...
The utility has invested $1.23 billion in dam safety projects since 2010. ... The French Broad River in Newport, Tennessee, rose more than 13 feet above its flood level, the largest flood on the ...
Dam Expected year Location Watercourse Watershed Notes Harms Mill Dam 2023–2024 Lincoln County: Elk River: Elk River: Removing the only major barrier on the Elk River would result in 1,114 mi (1,793 km) stream miles opened to aquatic migration.
Cocke County High School, Newport, Tennessee (9 kW) American Museum of Science and Energy , Oak Ridge, Tennessee (15 kW) Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee (7 kW)
It is impounded by the Walters Dam of Progress Energy creating the long, narrow Waterville Lake. It enters Tennessee just after the village of Waterville, and continues with I-40 in the same valley northwestward through Hartford to Newport, where I-40 heads west, and the Pigeon River flows north into the French Broad River.
Meanwhile, confusion reigned in Newport, Tennessee, on Friday afternoon, after local officials announced that the Walters Dam — also known as the Waterville Dam — had “suffered a ...
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