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Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Russell, Wayne, Pulaski and Laurel counties in Kentucky. [1] The primary reasons for its construction were a means for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power.
Creelsboro Natural Bridge (more commonly referred to as Rock House or the Rockhouse) is a natural bridge in southwestern Russell County, Kentucky, United States.It is located near the community of Creelsboro, approximately 11 miles (18 km) downstream from Wolf Creek Dam, which impounds Lake Cumberland.
Cleator / ˈ k l iː t ər / is a village in the English county of Cumbria and within the boundaries of the historic county of Cumberland.. Cleator is located on the edge of the Lake District, with Dent Fell on the skyline to the south east.
The Wolf Creek Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County, Kentucky, United States.The dam serves at once four distinct purposes: it generates hydroelectricity; it regulates and limits flooding; it releases stored water to permit year-round navigation on the Cumberland River; and it creates Lake Cumberland for recreation, the largest man-made lake ...
Jackson is located at (37.553012, −83.38824 The city is nestled in the heart of the Cumberland Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains, with the downtown located on the north bank of the North Fork of the Kentucky River.
Cumberland was founded in the 1830s when the Cumberland Road (also known as the National Road) was extended to that point. [6] [7] Cumberland contained a post office from 1834 until it was discontinued in 1958. [8]
Pine Grove Furnace State Park is a protected Pennsylvania area that includes Laurel and Fuller Lakes in Cooke Township of Cumberland County.The Park accommodates various outdoor recreation activities, protects the remains of the Pine Grove Iron Works (1764), and was the site of Laurel Forge (1830), Pine Grove Park (1880s), and a brick plant (1892).
Tri-State Peak is a mountain located in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, near the "saddle" of the gap.It gets its name from being on the tripoint of the state of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.