South of Joplin the stream flows over Grand Falls, a large waterfall that spans the entire creek from bank to bank. In the 1890s a hydroelectric plant was built at the site but has since been abandoned. A theatre, boat houses, a German Village and a dance pavilion were built by the falls in the early 20th century and the Missouri Pacific Railroad shuttled visitors to the site.[4]
shoal, creek, spring, river, tributary, shoal, creek, mile, long, stream, tributary, spring, river, southwest, missouri, southeast, kansas, begins, barry, county, missouri, southwest, exeter, flows, west, through, newton, county, missouri, before, emptying, in. Shoal Creek is an 81 5 mile long 131 2 km 3 stream tributary of the Spring River in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas It begins in Barry County Missouri southwest of Exeter and flows west through Newton county in Missouri before emptying into the Spring River near Riverton in Cherokee County Kansas Shoal CreekShoal Creek from Inspiration Point near Joplin MissouriLocationCountryUnited StatesStateMissouriRegionSouthwest Missouri Southeast KansasPhysical characteristicsSource locationBarry County Missouri coordinates36 38 51 N 93 57 45 W 36 64750 N 93 96250 W 36 64750 93 96250MouthSpring River locationCherokee County Kansas coordinates37 03 17 N 94 42 03 W 37 05472 N 94 70083 W 37 05472 94 70083 elevation246 m 807 ft Discharge average431 cu ft s 12 2 m3 s 1 2 Grand Falls EditSouth of Joplin the stream flows over Grand Falls a large waterfall that spans the entire creek from bank to bank In the 1890s a hydroelectric plant was built at the site but has since been abandoned A theatre boat houses a German Village and a dance pavilion were built by the falls in the early 20th century and the Missouri Pacific Railroad shuttled visitors to the site 4 See also EditList of rivers of Kansas List of rivers of MissouriReferences Edit Waterdata USGS U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Shoal Creek Spring River tributary GNIS for Shoal Creek U S Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data The National Map accessed May 31 2011 History of Great Falls This article related to a river in Missouri is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in Kansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shoal Creek Spring River tributary amp oldid 1082594141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
