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Loyston, Tennessee

Loyston, Tennessee

A photograph of students at the one-room Oakdale School in Loyston, taken by Lewis Hine in 1933. In the 1930s, the community was displaced through eminent domain to make way for Norris Dam, a project of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

About this community

Dam
Norris Dam
River
Clinch River
Established
1800
Inundated
1935 or 1936

The community that was displaced

Displacement cost
$18,016,767
Property value
$322,053
Vocations
farmer, fisherman, rancher
Birthplaces
local