Nixon Prospect
Nixon Prospect is a quarry in Hamilton, Tennessee. Nixon Prospect is situated nearby to the power station Chickamauga Dam, as well as near the hamlet Lupton City.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Address: TN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chickamauga Dam and Tenbridge.
Chickamauga Dam
Power station
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The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The dam is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley. Chickamauga Dam is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Nixon Prospect.
Tenbridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tenbridge is a vertical-lift railroad bridge over the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It has a main span of 310 feet. The original span was a swing span with a center pivot that was originally built in ca. Tenbridge is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Nixon Prospect.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lupton City and Boyce.
Lupton City
Hamlet
Lupton City is a neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The community developed in the 1920s as a mill town, a planned community that contained the Dixie Spinning Mills thread mill and housing for its workers. Lupton City is situated 2½ miles west of Nixon Prospect.
Boyce
Hamlet
Boyce is an area within Chattanooga, Tennessee. Boyce is situated 3 miles southwest of Nixon Prospect.
Chattanooga
Chattanooga is the 4th largest city in Tennessee. It is the seat of Hamilton County. It is in Southeast Tennessee on the Tennessee River and near the border of Georgia.
Nixon Prospect
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Hamilton, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.10952° or 35° 6′ 34″ northLongitude
-85.22218° or 85° 13′ 20″ westElevation
876 feet (267 metres)Open location code
867P4Q5H+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 368994766OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Nixon Prospect” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nixon Prospect”
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