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The Kingston Fossil Plant Spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on 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 billion US gallons (4.2 million cubic metres) of coal fly ash slurry.
Dam [1] Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Notes Nashville Zoo Dam Weir 1 4 ft (1.2 m) 2017 Nashville: Cathy Jo Branch: Cumberland River: Owned by the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. Nashville Zoo Dam Weir 2 4 ft (1.2 m) 2017 Nashville
Pages in category "Dam failures in the United States" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
A similar incident occurred in 2020 when two fishermen were pulled into the Fort Loudoun dam spillway after their boat’s engine failed, as reported by WBIR. One man was killed, but bystanders ...
This handout photo from the Tennessee Valley Authority shows the Nolichucky Dam in Greene County, Tennessee. Officials say the dam may fail soon from remnants of Helene.
A reported "catastrophic" dam failure that triggered an emergency evacuation for the entire downtown area of Newport, Tennessee, Friday afternoon was a false alarm, the Tennessee Emergency ...
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]
Hales Bar Dam was a hydroelectric dam once located on the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee, United States.The Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power Company began building the dam on October 17, 1905, and completed it on November 11, 1913, making Hales Bar one of the first major multipurpose dams and one of the first major dams to be built across a navigable channel in the United States.