NBW / LAKESHORE PARK MASTER PLAN / ECOLOgy HYDROLOGY East Tennessee Hydrology...
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HYDROLOGYEast Tennessee Hydrology Overview
Profile of Tennessee River form the Tennessee State Library and Archives
Construction of the TVA dam at Fort LoudounImage of Cherokee dugout canoe from McClung Museum Corp of Engineers fore dike at the boundary of Lakeshore Park
The Ridge and Valley region has diverse drainage patterns and river systems that are host to some of the most biodiverse freshwater systems in North America. The Tennessee River and its tributary creeks have also drawn human inhabitants who have used the waters for agriculture, industry and hydroelectric power. Prior to colonization Cherokee and other indigenous communities likely fished from these waters and used the floodplains for
agricultural production. White Europeans similarly settled in valleys in order to access water from creeks, streams and rivers. During industrialization water power became common in the Ridge and Valley region. The establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) damned much of the river providing extensive hydro-electric power and changing the ecologies of these waterways through intermittent flooding.
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Lakeshore Park
Waterways
North CarolinaTennessee
CLINCH RIVER
WATERSHED
TENNESSEE
RIVER
WATERSHED
Knox County
Knoxville Iron Foundry
Knoxville Iron Works
Brookside Cotton Mill
Lakeshore Park
Knox County
Waterways
Clinch River Watershed
Fall Line
Historic Industrial Sites
TVA dams
HYDROLOGYEast Tennessee Axonometric Diagram
Legend
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HYDROLOGYEffects of Fort Loudon Dam
Map of the Tennessee River at Lakeshore Park (then Eastern State Hospital) Before Fort Loudon DamPrior to the construction of the Fort Loudon Dam, which began in 1940, the TVA mapped the extents of the Tennessee River. This copy belongs to the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee.
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Lakeshore Park (present)
HYDROLOGYEffects of Fort Loudon Dam
Existing River Extents and Island Land Mass Overlaid on Pre-Endament Map
Lakeshore Park (present)
Along with the construction of the dam, a fore dike was built along vulnerable extents of the river, including at the present site of Lakeshore Park. Lyons Island also known as Belle Isle adjacent to Lakeshore has significantly less landmass above the high water level. Water levels of the Tennessee River fluctuate seasonally as water is released at Fort Loudon Dam.
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