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Sip whiskey in this former hydroelectric plant

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Constructed in the early 20th century near the southwest end of the Tennessee River Gorge, the Hales Bar Dam was the first main-river, multipurpose dam built on the Tennessee River, and one of the earliest major dams to be constructed across a navigable channel in the United States. Today its historic powerhouse is one of the few vestiges of this mishap-plagued engineering feat. In 1904, Chattanooga engineer Josephus “Jo” Conn Guild, Sr., made …

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Sip whiskey in this former hydroelectric plant

Constructed in the early 20th century near the southwest end of the Tennessee River Gorge, the Hales Bar Dam was the first main-river, multipurpose dam built on the Tennessee River, and one of the earliest major dams to be constructed across a navigable channel in the United States. Today its historic powerhouse is one of the few vestiges of this mishap-plagued engineering feat. In 1904, Chattanooga engineer Josephus “Jo” Conn Guild, Sr., made …

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