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Fort Patrick Henry Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the South Fork Holston River within the city of Kingsport, in Sullivan County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is the lowermost of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1950s to take advantage of the hydroelectric potential created by the regulation of river ...
Dogwood Dam; Douglas Dam; Fontana Dam; Fort Loudoun Dam; Fort Patrick Henry Dam; Great Falls Dam; Guntersville Dam; Hiwassee Dam; Kentucky Dam; Little Bear Creek Dam;
Cherokee Dam on the Holston River forms Cherokee Lake; Douglas Dam on the French Broad River impounds Douglas Lake; Elk River Dam on the Elk River forms Woods Reservoir; Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River impounds Fontana Lake; Fort Patrick Henry Dam on the South Fork Holston River impounds Fort Patrick Henry Lake; Hiwassee Dam dams the ...
The Holston River is a 136-mile (219 km) river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee.Along with its three major forks (North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork), it comprises a major river system that drains much of northeastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and northwestern North Carolina.
Fort Patrick Henry Dam — Fort Patrick Henry Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1953 by the TVA; Great Falls Dam — Great Falls Reservoir; on the Caney Fork; finished in 1916 by the Tennessee Electric Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939; Hales Bar Dam; on the Tennessee River, TVA dam mostly demolished in 1968, replaced by ...
The Land Between the Lakes site maintains a list of trail maps accessible to visitors. [19] Popular trails include Central Hardwoods Scenic Trail, an 11-mile pea-gravel path running east-west through the Land Between the Lakes; Canal Loop Trail, an 11-mile loop near the north visitors' station. Hematite Lake Trail, a looped dirt path 2 miles in ...
In 2008, the park was renovated with landscaping, benches and other improvements, including "Quark," an 80-foot-tall, blue-painted steel piece by John Henry, a nationally renowned sculptor.
In 1810, Andrew Henry explored and named the Henrys Fork of the Snake River. He established Fort Henry, the first American fur trading post west of the Rocky Mountains, but abandoned it after that year's harsh winter. [110] The 1811 Pacific Fur Company expedition led by Wilson Price Hunt attempted to find a route from Henrys Fork to the ...