Emory,
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1. Coal loading facility at base of Ligias Ridge to Hwy 62
Class II-IV
10.5 Miles
Avg Gradient 35 fpm
Max Gradient 100 fpm
Photo#14715
Photo of Brad Lively by George Ed Melhorn taken 4-22-06 @ 10,000 cfs
Gauge Information
River Description
See Tennessee Paddle for info on
this and other streams in the Obed/Emory watershed.
Rob Martin contributed:
This is a good run to take if everything in the Obed system is too high. If you're paddling for
the whiterwater, you're going to be disapointed. But if you like history and class II water, this
is a gem. There are several old cemetaries on the drive to the putin. Several of the graves are
of men who died during the "War Between the States." Union soldiers from Tennessee, whose
families were as fervently independant as they were poor and unlike Hollywood's stereotypical
hillybilly, were intelligent, reverent people who have produced more than their share of writers,
scientists and scholars--of which I am not. Ruins of old mining towns, which were a brief bonanza
for the area, can be seen. But like the cemetaries, they have fallen victim to time.
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Last Updated: 2009-05-04 22:34:10
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