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2 unusual facts about Big Creek


Big Creek, Belize

Big Creek is a deep-water port on the Caribbean Sea in Belize's Toledo District (just south of the boundary with Stann Creek District), constructed in the 1990s.

Big Creek, California

The penstock pipes for the original two units at Big Creek Power Houses One and Two, built 1912-13, were purchased from the Krupp Works in Germany because at that time that manufacturer produced steel pipes of the tensile strength needed to contain the very high water pressures in the pipes in the 1500 foot drop down to Power House One.


Cundiff, Texas

In 1858, the Butterfield Overland Mail established Earhart's Station, on the west bank of Big Creek, at Hogeye, or Hog Eye Prairie a prosperous ranch there managed by Joseph B. Earhart.

Virginia State Route 67

SR 67 leaves Richlands to the north, running alongside Big Creek past Seaboard and Coaldan to near Jewell Ridge, rising onto Smith Ridge (the Tennessee Valley Divide) and ending at State Route 616 at the Buchanan County line.


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Anne W. Armstrong

In the 1940s, the Tennessee Valley Authority completed South Holston Dam, effectively inundating the Big Creek community, which straddled the South Fork Holston just upstream from the dam.

Big Creek Bottom

Big Creek Bottom, commonly referred to as Big Creek, is a medium sized creek located in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Big Creek Township, Russell County, Kansas

Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40 run concurrently east-west through Big Creek Township, interchanging with 176th Street, a paved north-south county road, one mile south of Gorham.

Sidney, Kentucky

Although Sidney is unincorporated, it has a Family Dollar and its own volunteer fire department (Big Creek Fire Department).

SORBA

The Big Creek Trail System is run in affiliation with the City of Roswell, who owns the land.