Dan River
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 30.5-inch swell of the Dan River, which runs through the city, is the highest on record, Eagle said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2018
Four of the nine charges were related to the Dan River spill.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018
In 2014, an estimated 39,000 tons of coal ash spewed into the Dan River after a drainage pipe running below a waste dump collapsed at a Duke Energy plant in Eden, North Carolina.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2018
Colonel Davie accompanied General Greene in his rapid retreat from the Catawba to the Dan River.
From Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical by Hunter, C. L.
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