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See also:TENNESSEE See also:RIVER ,. the largest tributary of the See also:Ohio river, U.S.A. It is formed by the confluence of the Holston and the See also:French Broad See also:rivers 4.5 M. above See also:Knoxville, Tennessee, flows S.S.W. to See also:Chattanooga, there turns W. through the See also:Cumberland See also:Plateau and into the N.E. corner of See also:Alabama, continues W. across the See also:northern See also:part of Alabama, turns N. on the boundary between Alabama and See also:Mississippi, and continuing N. across Tennessee and See also:Kentucky unites with the Ohio at See also:Paducah. Its See also:principal tributaries rise in the Appalachian Mountains: the Holston and the Clinch on the See also:mountain slopes that flank the Appalachian Valley in western See also:Virginia; and the French Broad, the Little Tennessee, and the Hiwassee in the mountains of western See also:North Carolina. The Tennessee itself is 652 M. See also:long, and with the Holston and the North See also:Fork of the Holston forms a channel about 900 M. long. Its drainage See also:basin covers about 44,000 sq. m., and its See also:low See also:water See also:discharge at Paducah is Io,000 cu. ft. per second. Its See also:average fall is 0•7q ft. per mile: 0.956 ft. from Knoxville to Chattanooga; 1.19 ft. from Chattanooga to See also:Florence, Alabama; and o•39 ft. from Florence to its mouth. The See also:banks are everywhere easily accessible except at Knoxville and Chattanooga, where, for See also:short distances, high elevations rise precipitously from the water; and as the banks are mostly of See also:clay or See also:rock the channel is permanent and the river is unusually See also:free from silt.
The Tennessee is navigable by steamboats throughout its entire course of 652 m, for several months of the See also:year; its tributaries have a nearly equal navigable mileage, and the See also:main river and its tributaries together have a navigable mileage for rafts and See also:flat-boats of 2400 M. At low water there are three obstructions to steamboat See also:navigation in the main stream: the See also:Colbert and See also:Bee See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
Tree shoals, just below Florence; the Muscle shoals just above Florence; and See also:Hales See also:Bar, 33 m. below Chattanooga. The See also:state of Alabama, aided by the Federal See also:government, constructed a See also:lock See also:canal, affording a See also:depth of 5 ft., around the Muscle shoals in 1831–1836, but because of the obstructions above and below the canal
See also:Interregnum,' 4th See also:March—5th See also:April 1865. was little used and was soon abandoned. The Federal government,
beginning in 1868, the the Muscle
completed reconstruction of
See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William G. Brownlow, Republican . 1865–1869 Shoals Canal in two divisions (one 3.5 M. long with two locks, the
De Witt C. Senter, Conservative Republican. 1869–1871 other 14.5 M. long with nine locks, and both providing a depth
See also:John C. See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown, Democrat . 1871–1875 of 5 ft.) in 189o, began in 1893 the construction of a canal, about
See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James D. See also:Porter, „ 1875–1879 8 m. long and with one lock, around Colbert and Bee Tree shoals,
See also:Albert S. Marks, . 1879–1881 and in 1904 authorized the construction with private See also:capital of a
Alvin See also:Hawkins, Republican 1881–1883 lock and See also:dam at Hales Bar to provide a channel 6 ft. deep at low
William B. Bate, Democrat 1883–1887 water between it and Chattanooga, the water See also:power to be used by
' The state furnished 115,000 soldiers to the Confederate and 31,000 to the See also:Union See also:Army.
' The Constitutions of 1796, 1834 and 1870 all provided that the See also:governor shall not serve more than six years in See also:succession. Resigned.
Forced to leave capital by invasion of Federal troops.
See also:Andrew See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, the governor, was inaugurated as See also:Vice-See also:President, March 4. 1865, thereby vacating the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office.
the persons furnishing the capital. In 1905 a See also:committee of the See also:United States See also:Senate recommended that future improvements of the river be made with a view of obtaining ultimately a channel having a minimum depth of 12 ft. at low water; and in 1907 See also:Congress adopted a project for deepening to 5 ft. at low water the channel (145 M. long) between Hales Bar and the Muscle Shoals Canal. In 1908 the See also:commerce carried on the Tennessee between
' Resigned to enter the U.S. Senate.
Chattanooga and Paducah amounted to 755,010 tons, valued at $18,752,180; it consisted chiefly of See also:general merchandise, See also:farm products, See also:forest products and See also:iron ore in the upper See also:section, of general merchandise, See also:cotton, See also:timber products and See also:grain in the See also:middle section, and of general merchandise, farm products and timber products in the See also:lower section.
During the See also:Civil See also:War Fort See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry was erected by the Confederates on the Tennessee river, in Tennessee just below the Kentucky state See also:line, and on the 6th of See also:February 1862 was captured by See also:Corn. A. H. See also:Foote; Fort See also:Donelson on the Cumberland, several See also:miles See also:east, was captured on the 16th by General U. S. See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, and the two rivers were thus opened for the advance of the Federals far into Confederate territory.
End of Article: TENNESSEE RIVER
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