In 2008, a nasty impoundment of fly ash slurry from the Kingston Fossil Plant (coal) broke open, leaching pollution everywhere. People today often recognize Kingston by the two tall smokestacks of the Kingston Steam Plant when driving by on I-40.
Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Fort Southwest Point, 1225 S Kentucky St. Reconstructed fort that used to be the start of Kingston circa 1792, on the edge of the frontier. Tel: +1 865-376-3641.
Do
[edit]- Kingston City Park[dead link],, 333 W Race St. Park and beach along Watts Bar Lake or the Clinch River where you can go swimming, although ack sometimes there's talk of PCBs. Tel: +1 865-376-9476.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Whitestone Inn, 1200 Paint Rock Rd, ☏ +1 865 376-0113. Fifty-acre rural bed-and-breakfast property on Watts Bar Lake with view of the Smoky Mountains. Dining. Facilities for weddings and events.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]Routes through Kingston |
Nashville ← Harriman ← | W E | → Lenoir City → Knoxville |
Nashville ← Rockwood ← | W E | → Lenoir City → Knoxville |