Dukeville, North Carolina Explained

Dukeville is a populated place in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.

It was built as a mill village along the banks of the Yadkin River in 1926 to house plant employees of the Buck Steam Station, owned by Duke Energy.^[1]

In 2014, residents living near the Buck Steam Station in Dukeville were told that "coal ash pits near their homes could be leaching dangerous materials into groundwater."^[2] The issue became a documentary film for the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Duke Energy - Buck . BREDL - Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League - Coal-fired Power Plants . 2014-06-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815021559/http://www.bredl.org/air/coal-fired_powerplants/nc-buck.asp . 2014-08-15.
• Web site: Dukeville / Dukeville, North Carolina, United States, North America. Traveling Luck. 2014-06-17.

Notes and References

1. News: Associated Press . Associated Press . Dukeville concerns over coal ash: 5 things to know . The Denver Post . 2014-06-17 . 2014-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160212013701/http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_25977591/dukeville-concerns-over-coal-ash-5-things-know. dead. 2016-02-12.
2. News: Fisher . Hugh . Riverkeeper: Coal ash from Buck steam plant poses toxic threat . Salisbury Post . 2014-06-17 . 2014-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160212013701/http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20140506/SP01/140509830/. dead. 2016-02-12.
3. Web site: Dukeville community featured in coal documentary . Salisbury Post . 15 April 2017.