Hornsby Spring
Hornsby Spring is a spring in Meigs County, Tennessee. Hornsby Spring is situated nearby to the hamlet Peakland, as well as near Akeman Crossroad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watts Bar Dam and Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station.
Watts Bar Dam
Dam
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Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, United States. The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river.
Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
Photo: TVA Web Team, CC BY 2.0.
The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is a Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear reactor pair used for electric power generation. It is located on a 1,770-acre site in Rhea County, Tennessee, near Spring City, between Chattanooga and Knoxville. Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2½ miles south of Hornsby Spring.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Euchee.
Euchee
Hamlet
Euchee is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Euchee is situated 4½ miles northeast of Hornsby Spring.
Hornsby Spring
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Meigs County, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.63313° or 35° 37′ 59″ northLongitude
-84.77689° or 84° 46′ 37″ westElevation
741 feet (226 metres)Open location code
867QJ6MF+76GeoNames ID
4630745
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Peakland and Akeman Crossroad.
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Highlights include Meigs County Park and Peak-Hornsby Cemetery.
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