Record #:

43155

Author(s):

Igelman, Jack

Abstract:

Jere Brittain recalls a period from 197, when a TVA megaproject threatened placing 14 dams on tributaries of the upper French Broad River in four North Carolina counties. Documents denote the Mills River’s dam would result in a lake that would cover 660 acres, bordered by 14 miles of shoreline and likewise displace an estimated 60 Mills River families, including Brittain’s.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 15 Issue 3, Fall 2021, p60-73

Subject(s):

French Broad River; French Broad River Basin; Tennessee Valley Authority; Mills River; Britain, Jere (Chairman, Upper French Broad Defense Association); Dams--protests--French Broad River