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Dan River

American  
[dahn riv-er, dan] / ˈdɑn ˈrɪv ər, ˈdæn /

noun

  1. a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.


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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

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

In consequence of his proclamations and the retreat of General Greene across Dan River, several hundred Tories collected under Colonel John Pyle and started to join Lord Cornwallis.

From School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time by Moore, John W. (John Wheeler)

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