WATERSHED | THE TENNESSEE RIVER by Jeff Rich /backlog the Grain Shovelers Union 109

the Grain Shovelers Union 109

thus a choreography Maio’s photographs detail as artful

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The book and photograph are presented in a handmade archival clamshell case

WATERSHED | THE TENNESSEE RIVER by Jeff Rich /backlog the Grain Shovelers Union 109This project began on December 22, 2008. The failure of a containment pond dyke spilled 5. 4 million cubic yards of coal ash belonging to the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant into the Emory River and its surrounding landscape. What led to this point? Jeff Rich investigates the river itself and the TVA's vast reach and power throughout the region. It has forever changed the environment of its watershed that is in every way at