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11308
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In the 1960s, Duke Power Company, Virginia Electric and Power Company, and Carolina Power & Light constructed several dams along major waterways to generate energy. The dams were built at Lake Norman, and on the Neuse and Roanoke rivers. The power companies intend to develop enough power to outfit future increases in population consumption throughout the state. In addition, plans call for the construction of future nuclear plants by 1969 to help decrease production cost of power per kilowatt.
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32441
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For the past few years, there has been debate over a proposal to dam the New River in northwestern North Carolina for hydroelectric power. The dam could also create a major tourist attraction, and supply water for Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem.
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34292
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North Carolina has seventy-four small watershed dams that are an average of thirty-years old. The dams are generally in good condition, but many of them need maintenance and minor repairs which can easily become larger problems if left unattended. Forty-two-percent of the dams have been classified as having a high hazard potential, meaning that, in the event of a breach, there could be significant economic loss, environmental damage, or disruption to lifeline services.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 316, Mar/Apr 1999,
p13-14
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38000
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If the water is clear in a reservoir, the game fish populations are usually high, and offer good fishing. If the water is full of silt, the outcomes are not as good, but farmers and plant workers are working on keeping the water clear for the benefit of all.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 15 Issue 3, Mar 1951,
p7, 17
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17679
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Northampton and Halifax counties have recently appointed a commission to establish the dividing line between the two counties. Long a matter of controversy, the issue has recently become serious due to the impending construction by the Virginia Electric and Power Company of the Roanoke Rapids Dam.
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26750
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The Carrasan Power Company has proposed to dam the river above Drift Falls in Transylvania County, North Carolina and divert most of its flow through a pipeline. The proposal threatens a section of Horsepasture River, which is among the most scenic and accessible river in the state for fishing.
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15096
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In the early 1940s, four dams were planned for the state with a fifth waiting approval. The dams were expected to increase power in times of war and peace. Nantahala Power and Light Company were responsible for constructing the Glenville dam on Tuckasegee River in Jackson County and Nantahala dam in Macon County. The Tennessee Valley Authority constructed two dams on the Hiawassee River. The first was the Appalachia dam built below the existing Hiwassee dam and the second, Chatuge dam, four miles east of Hayesville in Clay County. Combined cost for the four structures cost about $100,000,000.
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15396
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Long ago the hurrying rivers of western North Carolina carved their channels deep through the hills, removing all barriers that might form lakes. Therefore there are not natural lakes in that section of the State. But man remedied this lack by building dams and impounding the water of streams and rivers into artificial lakes, until now the lovely mountain country of North Carolina may well be considered a land of lakes, there being in fourteen counties fully seventy-seven lakes.
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35850
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Deep River’s yields to NC citizens stretched back to pre-Colonial days. Its valued could be gauged in coal used by Confederate blockade runners and hardwoods like the White Pine. How the author attained an appreciation: by the great outdoors experiences of camping and canoeing.
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33461
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The continuing resolution budget signed by President Reagan in October included a two-million-dollar appropriation to pay for the Randleman Dam project on the Deep River in Randolph and Guilford Counties. The project is being touted as the most cost-effective way to provide water for the counties.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 240, Dec/Jan 1987,
p4-5
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13359
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Contractors of steamships, dams, army camps, and industrial plants, J.A. Jones Construction Company, of Charlotte, North Carolina is most famous for receiving the largest single contract ever awarded a single firm. Totaling $460,000,000 for the gaseous diffusion plant at Oak Ridge's atomic energy layout, J.A. Jones' current projects include the world's largest earth filled dam in Yellowstone National Park as well as additional dams in North and South America and water supply systems in several cities.
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