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Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. Aggregate storage pile which provides crushed stone and sand for the building of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts

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Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. Aggregate storage pile which provides crushed stone and sand for the building of the new Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's main Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts

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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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