McNew Hollow
McNew Hollow is a valley in Roane, Tennessee and has an elevation of 797 feet. McNew Hollow is situated nearby to the hamlet Hartland Estates, as well as near the neighborhood Oak Hills Estates.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include X-10 Graphite Reactor and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
X-10 Graphite Reactor
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The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor and the first intended for continuous operation. X-10 Graphite Reactor is situated 2 miles southeast of McNew Hollow.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1943, the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UT–Battelle, LLC. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is situated 2 miles southeast of McNew Hollow.
Multiprogram Research Facility
Office
The Multiprogram Research Facility is a facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is used by the U.S. National Security Agency to design and build supercomputers for cryptanalysis and other classified projects. Multiprogram Research Facility is situated 2 miles southeast of McNew Hollow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blair and Robertsville.
Blair
Hamlet
Blair is an unincorporated community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States. Blair is where the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum's railroad line connects with the Norfolk Southern railroad. Blair is situated 5 miles northwest of McNew Hollow.
Robertsville
Hamlet
Robertsville was a farming community in Anderson County, Tennessee, that was disbanded in 1942 when the area was acquired for the Manhattan Project. Its site is now part of the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Robertsville is situated 6 miles northeast of McNew Hollow.
Oak Ridge
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Oak Ridge is a city in Tennessee. Oak Ridge was created as secret city during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. In Oak Ridge, thousands worked in secrecy to enrich the uranium used in the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
McNew Hollow
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 797 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Roane, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.9448° or 35° 56′ 41″ northLongitude
-84.3452° or 84° 20′ 43″ westElevation
797 feet (243 metres)Open location code
867QWMV3+WWGeoNames ID
4640945
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