Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

====River transport====
Knoxville is an international port connected via navigable channels to the nation's inland waterways and the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The city's waterfront lies just under 700 river miles from the [[Mississippi River]] (via the [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] and [[Ohio River|Ohio]] rivers),<ref>USGS topographical maps. The entirety of the Tennessee River (652 miles), plus 46 miles along the Ohio River to where it empties into the Mississippi.</ref> and just under 900 river miles from [[Mobile, Alabama]], on the Gulf of Mexico (via the Tennessee River and [[Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway]]).<ref>Richard Simms, "[http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/nov/27/huckleberry-finn-alive-and-well/?sportsoutdoors Huckleberry Finn is Alive and Well] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510145731/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/nov/27/huckleberry-finn-alive-and-well/?sportsoutdoors |date=May 10, 2013 }}", ''Chattanooga Times-Free Press'', November 27, 2008. The trip is 437 miles along the Tennessee River from Knoxville to the entrance of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (near Pickwick Landing Dam in Hardin County), 234 miles along the waterway to Demopolis, Alabama, and another 214 miles along Tombigbee and Mobile rivers to Mobile.</ref> TVA maintains a minimum {{convert|9|ft|adj=on}} channel on the entirety of the Tennessee River. The minimum size of locks on Tennessee River and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway dams is {{convert|600|ft}} by {{convert|110|ft}}.<ref>[http://business.tenntom.org/using-the-tenn-tom/locks-and-dams/ Tennessee-Tombigbee Water—Tenn-Tom Quickfacts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123194714/http://business.tenntom.org/using-the-tenn-tom/locks-and-dams/ |date=January 23, 2012 }}. Retrieved: January 1, 2012.</ref>

Most commercial shipping on the Tennessee River is provided by [[barge]]s, which deliver on average half a million tons of cargo to Knoxville per year, mostly [[Bitumen|asphalt]], road salt, and steel and [[coke (fuel)|coke]].<ref name=rollin>Rebecca Ferrar, "[http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/history/rollin.htm Rollin' On the River] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531162032/http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/history/rollin.htm |date=May 31, 2012 }}", Knoxville ''News Sentinel'', August 22, 2004. Retrieved: January 1, 2012.</ref> Burkhart Enterprises operates the city's most active public barge terminal at its Forks of the River facility, handling approximately 350,000 tons of barge cargo per year.<ref name=rollin/> Knoxville Barge and Chattanooga-based Serodino, Inc., provide barge shipping services to and from the city.

Recreational craft that frequent the river include small [[johnboat]]s, fishing boats and yachts. Boat slips and a marina are located at Volunteer Landing in the Downtown area. The VOL Navy, a flotilla of several dozen boats, swarms the river during weeks when the U.T. football team plays at Neyland Stadium. Cruise lines operating in the city include the ''Volunteer Princess'', a luxury yacht, and the ''Star of Knoxville'', a [[paddle steamer|paddlewheel riverboat]].