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From 1940 to 1942, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began purchasing property and performing acquisitions by eminent domain in the communities of Jefferson City in Jefferson County, and Bean Station in Grainger County, for the construction of Cherokee Dam and the impounding of the Holston River for Cherokee Lake.
Bean Station is popular with boaters and anglers due to its access to Cherokee Lake. [42] A public golf course is located within the town limits. [42] Parks and public recreation areas include Bean Station Town Park, Harris Court Park, and public access to Cherokee Lake via a fishing pier and boat launches. [68] [69]
English: Cherokee Lake (Cherokee Reservoir) in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States near Bean Station. German Creek Bridge carrying SR 375, lakefront condominiums, and Clinch Mountain can be seen in the background.
Cherokee Lake near Bean Station. By the late 19th century, a tourism industry had flourished around the mineral springs flowing from the Clinch Mountain range. The Tate Springs Resort complex located in the Bean Station region of the county, provided accommodations for tourists and business travelers alike until the Great Depression. It ...
Cherokee: 0.0: 0.0: SR 92 – Rutledge, Jefferson City, Cherokee Dam: Southern terminus: Hoppers Bluff: Helton Road: State connector road to US 11W: German Creek: 15– 15.2: 24– 24.5: German Creek Bridge over Cherokee Lake/German Creek: Rocky Springs Road: State connector road to US 25E-US 11W: Bean Station: 18.2: 29.3
The byway then exits the Morristown–Hamblen area after crossing Cherokee Lake on the Olen R. Marshall Bridge, entering Bean Station in Grainger County. [5] In Bean Station, the byway gives scenic views of the Mooresburg Valley and Cherokee Lake. Near the town's central business district, the byway is joined with US 11W/SR 1 via trumpet ...
Editor's note: Peter Cooper's reporting on the 1973 killing of David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, is being republished on the fiftieth anniversary of their deaths. On Nov. 10, 1973 ...
Cherokee Dam is a gravity-type concrete spillway dam consisting of nine crest gates and eight sluice gates (the latter allowing reservoir control when water level is low). [1] The combined capacity of the dam's four hydroelectric generators is 135,200 kilowatts. Cherokee Lake has a flood-storage capacity of 749,406 acre-feet (924,379,000 m 3). [3]