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Much of the river's course through West Virginia is designated as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, and the New River is one of the nation's American Heritage Rivers. In 1975, North Carolina designated a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) segment of the river as "New River State Scenic River", by including it in the state's Natural and Scenic ...
The 75-foot (23 m)-high dam was built in 1910 by H.M. Byllesby & Company to impound the Cannon River for hydroelectric power. Its nameplate capacity is 1.8 MW. [1] [2] Byllesby, a former employee of both Edison and Westinghouse, formed what would become Northern States Power in 1909. [3]
Hawks Nest Dam: Hawks Nest: CSX New River Subdivision (#1 Main) New River Gorge Bridge US 19: Fayetteville–Lansing: 1977 [20: Tunney Hunsaker Bridge CR 82 1997 [20] CSX New River Subdivision (#2 Main [26]) CR 25 2 (Thurmond Road) / R.J. Corman Railroad West Virginia Line Thurmond
Lake Byllesby is a 1,432-acre (580 ha) artificial lake on the Cannon River in Dakota and Goodhue counties, in the U.S. State of Minnesota.The lake was formed as a result of construction of the Byllesby Dam by the H.M. Byllesby & Company, which would later become Northern States Power Company for hydroelectric power generation. [1]
This is the spring Memphis has waited 100 years for. A century ago, in 1924, legendary urban planner Harland Bartholomew, in our city’s first comprehensive plan, challenged Memphis to do more ...
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (red) The locks and dams (L&D) along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom) is a 234-mile (377 km) artificial waterway built in the 20th century from the Tennessee River to the junction of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River system near Demopolis, Alabama, United States.
The Cannon River is a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows 112 miles (180 km) from Shields Lake [3] near Shieldsville to Red Wing in the U.S. state of Minnesota, where it joins the Mississippi River. It drains a watershed approximately 1460 square miles (3,780 km²) in size.
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.