55 Facts About Chattanooga Tennessee

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Chattanooga Tennessee was a crucial city during the American Civil War, due to the multiple railroads that converge there.

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Chattanooga Tennessee remains a transit hub in the present day, served by multiple Interstate highways and railroad lines.

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Chattanooga Tennessee is internationally known from the 1941 hit song "Chattanooga Tennessee Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his orchestra.

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Chattanooga Tennessee's railroads were vital to the Confederacy's transportation of raw material to processing plants for producing small arms munitions.

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Chattanooga Tennessee was a major priority in the design of the TVA reservoir system and remains a major operating priority in the 21st century.

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In December 1906, Chattanooga was in the national headlines in United States v Shipp, as the United States Supreme Court, in the only criminal trial in its history, ruled that Hamilton County Sheriff Joseph H Shipp had violated Ed Johnson's civil rights when Shipp allowed a mob to enter the Hamilton County jail and lynch Johnson on the Walnut Street Bridge.

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Chattanooga Tennessee grew with the entry of the United States in the First World War in 1917; the nearest training camp was in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

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Olgiati's efforts, Chattanooga became the first city in Tennessee to have a completed interstate highway system in the latter 1960s.

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In February 1958, Chattanooga Tennessee became one of the smallest cities in the country with three VHF television stations: WROM-TV channel 9, WRGP-TV channel 3, and WDEF-TV channel 12 .

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Since the beginning of the 21st century, the city of Chattanooga Tennessee has grown, attracting people from out of state and even out of the country.

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Chattanooga Tennessee launched the first one-gigabit-per-second Internet service in the United States in September 2010, provided through the city-owned utility EPB.

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The most prominent natural features in and around Chattanooga are the Tennessee River and the surrounding mountains.

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The Chattanooga Tennessee River is impounded by the Chickamauga Dam north of the downtown area.

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Downtown Chattanooga has a wide variety of entertainment, dining, cultural and architectural attractions, including the Tennessee Aquarium, opened in 1992; the Creative Discovery Museum, opened in 1995; and the historic Walnut Street Bridge, reopened in 1993.

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Chattanooga Tennessee has buildings with historical significance, such as The Read House Hotel, the Chattanooga Tennessee Choo-Choo Hotel, the Maclellan Building, the Dome Building, and the Tivoli Theatre.

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Downtown Chattanooga has four main bridges over the Tennessee River: the Walnut Street Bridge, the Market Street Bridge, the Olgiati Bridge, and the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

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Downtown Chattanooga Tennessee parks include Coolidge Park, Renaissance Park, Miller Park, Miller Plaza and Main Terrain Art Park.

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18.

Since the opening of the aquarium, downtown Chattanooga Tennessee has received over $5 billion of private investment, including nearly $1 billion from 2014 to 2018.

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Chattanooga Tennessee was the profile city of the August 2007 edition of US Airways Magazine.

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20.

Chattanooga Tennessee-based businesses have been recognized for their investment in solar energy.

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In December 2009, Chattanooga Tennessee was ranked 8th out of America's 100 largest metro areas for the best "Bang For Your Buck" city, according to Forbes magazine, which measured overall affordability, housing rates, and more.

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Chattanooga Tennessee has many buildings and three neighborhoods on the National Register of Historic Places: Ferger Place, Fort Wood, and St Elmo.

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Additionally, Chattanooga has several local historic districts: Battery Place, Glenwood, Missionary Ridge, M L King, and Stringer's Ridge.

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Chattanooga Tennessee is the sixth fastest warming city in the United States due to climate change.

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Chattanooga Tennessee's economy includes a diversified and growing mix of manufacturing and service industries.

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In 2019, Volkswagen Chattanooga Tennessee announced plans to expand its Chattanooga Tennessee-based plant to construct electric vehicles.

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Chattanooga Tennessee went from zero investable capital in 2009 to over $50 million in 2014.

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The network has been emulated by at least six other cities in Tennessee and studied by other cities in the U S and internationally.

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Chattanooga Tennessee inspected wastewater management, storm water management, traffic control and medical diagnostics applications, as well as operations of a smart lighting and camera system that allows the police to control public lighting and see what is happening in heavy crime areas.

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Chattanooga Tennessee has a wide range of performing arts in different venues.

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Since 2014, Chattanooga Tennessee has been home to the Chattanooga Tennessee Film Festival, an annual film festival.

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Chattanooga Tennessee was the home of the NCAA Division I Football Championship game, which was held at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga Tennessee, from 1997 to 2009.

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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs compete in NCAA Division I and the Southern Conference.

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The Tennessee Crush plays its games at Finley Stadium in downtown Chattanooga.

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35.

The Chattanooga Tennessee Steam plays at Lookout Valley High School near Lookout Mountain.

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From 2009 to 2019, Chattanooga Tennessee FC played in the National Premier Soccer League, but is moved to an unsanctioned professional league in 2020.

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In 2019, Chattanooga Tennessee FC became one of the founding members of NPSL's Founders Cup, a group of eleven teams playing a professional tournament in the fall before forming a fully professional league in 2020.

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Chattanooga Tennessee is home to several rugby teams: the Chattanooga Tennessee Rugby Football Club, Nooga Red, Nooga Black, men's Old Boys, a women's rugby team, men's and women's teams at UTC, and an all-city high school team.

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The Championships' debut in Chattanooga Tennessee marked the first time in the event's 29-year history that women were allowed to compete for professional national titles.

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Chattanooga has been a member of the League of American Bicyclists' Bronze level since October 2003, the only city in Tennessee to be a member of the organization before Knoxville and Nashville joined in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

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In September 2004, the city appointed its first-ever executive director of Outdoor Chattanooga Tennessee to implement the organization's mission, which includes promoting bicycling for transportation, recreation, and active living.

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For paddlers, Chattanooga offers the Tennessee River Blueway, a 50-mile recreational section of the Tennessee River that flows through Chattanooga and the Tennessee River Gorge.

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The Chattanooga Tennessee Aquarium has a high speed catamaran, the River Gorge Explorer, to allow up to 70 people to explore the Chattanooga Tennessee River Gorge.

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Since 2008, Chattanooga Tennessee has hosted the Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship, the crowning event of the largest disc dog competition series in the world.

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City of Chattanooga is served by numerous local, regional, and national media outlets which reach approximately one million people in four states: Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.

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Chattanooga Tennessee Pulse is a free weekly alternative newspaper, published every Wednesday, that focuses primarily on arts, music, film and culture.

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Chattanooga Tennessee is served by the following AM and FM radio stations:.

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48.

Chattanooga Tennessee is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Chuck Fleischmann, who represents the 3rd District.

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The Siskin Children's Institute in Chattanooga Tennessee is a specialized institution in the field of early childhood special education.

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50.

Chattanooga Tennessee State Community College is a two-year community college with a total undergraduate enrollment of roughly 8150 students in 2018.

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51.

Chattanooga Tennessee Temple University was a Baptist college located in the Highland Park neighborhood that is no longer operating as of 2015.

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52.

Chattanooga Tennessee has three hospital systems: Erlanger Health System, Parkridge Hospital System, and CHI Memorial Hospital System.

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Chattanooga Tennessee has been referred to in pop culture numerous times over the decades, including in books, documentaries, films, TV shows, and more.

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In recent years, Chattanooga Tennessee has appeared in more productions of blockbuster movies and TV shows, as well as independent films and documentaries.

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Chattanooga and its environs have been featured in numerous films since the early 1970s, principally due to Chattanooga being the home of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, which has allowed its equipment to be filmed in various films.

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