Bull Run Fossil Plant
Bull Run Fossil Plant, commonly known as Bull Run Steam Plant, is a retired 889-megawatt, coal-fired electric generating station owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.Photo: TVA Web Team, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Industry
- Description: coal-fired power plant in Anderson County, Tennessee
- Also known as: “Bull Run”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cherokee Caverns.
Cherokee Caverns
Cave
Photo: Kingsmasher678, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherokee Caverns is 14 miles west of Knoxville and can be accessed by Highway 62. It is gated. Cherokee Caverns is situated 2½ miles south of Bull Run Fossil Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King Arthur Court and Solway.
King Arthur Court
Hamlet
King Arthur Court is a residential subdivision split between Knox County and Anderson County, Tennessee. It is listed as a populated place in the Geographic Names Information System. King Arthur Court is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bull Run Fossil Plant.
Solway
Suburb
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Solway is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. The United States Geographic Names System classifies Solway as a populated place. Solway is situated 3 miles southwest of Bull Run Fossil Plant.
Karns
Suburb
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Karns is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northwest Knox County, Tennessee, about 11 miles northwest of the center of Knoxville. The population of the CDP was 3,536 at the 2020 census. Karns is situated 3 miles southeast of Bull Run Fossil Plant.
Bull Run Fossil Plant
- Category: coal-fired power station
- Location: Anderson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.01345° or 36° 0′ 48″ northLongitude
-84.15093° or 84° 9′ 3″ westInception
June 1967Operator
Tennessee Valley AuthorityOpen location code
868Q2R7X+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 108260714OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q11962572
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“Bull Run Fossil Plant” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Bull Run”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bull Run kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bull Run kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Bull Run kullkraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Black Cemetery and Riverview Baptist Church.
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