Melton Branch

Melton Branch is a stream in Roane, Tennessee. Melton Branch is situated nearby to the locality Lakeland Subdivision, as well as near the hamlet Woodlawn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include X-10 Graphite Reactor and Multiprogram Research Facility.

X-10 Graphite Reactor

Protected area

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

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.

Melton Hill Dam

Dam

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Melton Hill Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River just south of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1960s to extend the Tennessee Valley's continuous navigation channel up the Clinch as far as Clinton and to increase TVA's overall power-generating capacity. Melton Hill Dam is situated 2 miles southeast of Melton Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dixie Lee Junction.

Dixie Lee Junction

Hamlet

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.

Dixie Lee Junction is an unincorporated community in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States, situated at the intersection of U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 11. Dixie Lee Junction is situated 6 miles southeast of Melton Branch.

Melton Branch

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Roane, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.91036° or 35° 54′ 37″ north

Longitude

-84.31603° or 84° 18′ 58″ west

Elevation

751 feet (229 metres)

Open location code

867QWM6M+4H

GeoNames ID

4641180

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