Dan River
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The company already had mills nearby, and the new site — a former furniture factory along the Dan River — offered plenty of water for textile finishing.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2021
In places like Caswell County, residents have fallen further behind, said Shannon Moretz, program director of the Caswell Chapter of the Health Collaborative, which studies health disparities in the Dan River Region.
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020
In 2014, a break in a pond at Duke Energy’s plant in Eden, N.C., sent 27 million gallons of sludge into the Dan River.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2020
The estimated 39,000 tons of coal ash spewed into the Dan River and coated the waterway for more than 70 miles.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2017
His master, he said, traded his services to "Dan River Jim Scales" who "bossed" the teams between Augusta and Wadesboro which were owned by John Durham Scales and Dan River Jim Scales.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
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