Whiteoak Creek
Whiteoak Creek is a stream in Roane, Tennessee. Whiteoak Creek is situated nearby to the locality Lakeland Subdivision, as well as near the hamlet Woodlawn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include X-10 Graphite Reactor and Melton Hill Dam.
X-10 Graphite Reactor
Protected area
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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 2½ miles north of Whiteoak Creek.
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 Whiteoak Creek.
Whiteoak Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “White Oak Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Roane, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.89647° or 35° 53′ 47″ northLongitude
-84.3327° or 84° 19′ 58″ westElevation
741 feet (226 metres)Open location code
867QVMW8+HWGeoNames ID
4667434
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