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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24GW_the-turbine_Savannah-TN.html
Imagine this 125-ton carbon-steel turbine spinning at 81.8 revolutions per minute. Picture more than 99.491 gallons of water per second rushing through the intake to spin its heavy blades, which generate 36 megawatts of electricity. Measuring over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24GV_welcome_Savannah-TN.html
Pickwick Landing Dam Construction: Completed 1938 Dam Height: 34 meters (113 feet) Dam Length: 2,352 meters (7,715 feet) Reservoir Length: 85 kilometers (53 miles) Flood Storage: 516 million cu. m. (675 million cu. yd.) Intergrated TVA …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TM_changing-size-and-color_Shiloh-TN.html
Seven hundred years ago you would have been looking at a mound covered with bright red clay instead of green grass, and you would have been gazing respectfully at a ceremonial building on the top. The largest mound rises 25 feet above the groun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TK_mississippian-indians_Shiloh-TN.html
The Mississippian-the ancient people who lived here-were unlike their ancestors in several ways. Instead of being nomadic hunter-gatherers, they were farmers who devised an agricultural lifestyle based on corn. They settled in towns along the Miss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TJ_shiloh-indian-mounds_Shiloh-TN.html
You are entering the largest surviving prehistoric site in the Tennessee river valley and one of the least disturbed areas of earthen mounds in the eastern United States. Early European settlers were familiar with the site. After the Civil War Bat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TI_sifting-the-evidence_Shiloh-TN.html
Archeologists are like detectives. They gather evidence, look for clues, and make educated assumptions. The people who lived here did not leave behind any written records. But they did leave earthen mounds, pieces of pottery, stone tools, bits of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20SP_vibrant-community_Shiloh-TN.html
Topped off with a temple, a chief's residence, or a governmental building, this mound served as the social and ceremonial focus of the community. The summit offered an unparalleled view of religious ceremonies, dances, games, and everyday actives …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y5G_the-cherry-mansion_Savannah-TN.html
Built by slaves with bricks made from riverbank clay, the Cherry Mansion is the oldest home in Savannah. When the Federal army arrived here in March 1862, William Harrell Cherry, a strong Union sympathizer, offered his home to Federal officers. Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y5F_war-on-the-river_Savannah-TN.html
In March 1862, Union steamboats fought Tennessee River currents to carry an invading army deep into the Confederacy. At the height of the Union occupation, transports and gunboats four and five deep lined both sides of the river in front of you. M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4G_historic-crossing_Savannah-TN.html
Savannah stands at the junction of two major corridors- the north-south Tennessee River and the east-west road of Memphis. Savannah's secure, high ground and deep water made it an important port. For decades pioneers and area farmers found the wat…
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