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  2. South Holston Dam - Wikipedia

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    South Holston Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River in Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is the uppermost of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1940s as part of efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed.

  3. What are the worst floods to ever wash over Knoxville? From ...

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    The Knoxville portion of the Tennessee River, which was then called the Holston River, swelled higher than the town's inhabitants could remember ever seeing it. Damage was severe.

  4. Holston River - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Hurricane Helene triggers deadly East Tennessee floods ... - AOL

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    The water pouring from Douglas Dam will flow down the French Broad River until it converges with the Holston River to form the Tennessee River east of downtown Knoxville. ... "Flooding caused by ...

  6. Boone Dam - Wikipedia

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    Boone Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River on the border between Sullivan County and Washington County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is one of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1950s as part of greater efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed.

  7. TVA: Douglas Dam sets water flow record to control Hurricane ...

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    TVA's system of dams along the Tennessee River and its tributaries has been tested by record flooding from Hurricane Helene, which drenched Western North Carolina and East Tennessee as a tropical ...

  8. Fort Patrick Henry Dam - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. Tennessee Valley Authority - Wikipedia

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    The 1984 Mark Rydell film The River focuses on an East Tennessee family being confronted by the loss of their ancestral farm from the inundation of a nearby river by an electric utility. The film, shot on farmland near the Holston River in Hawkins County, utilized flooding practical effects provided by the TVA. [129]