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Re: dam-l towns submerged by lakes
These activists in TN may have leads regarding the TVA:
john johnson
Katuah Earth First!
P O Box 281
Chattanooga TN 37401
423 624 3939
email to: johnjgb@mindspring.com
Ashley and Patrick
MEDIA RIGHTS at Moonshadow
RR 1 Box 304
Whitwell, TN 37397
email to: mediarights@bledsoe.net
Good luck!
Orin Langelle
ACERCA
A project of Native Forest Network
Eastern North America Resource Center
POB 57
Burlington, VT 05402 USA
(802)863-0571
(802) 864-8203 Fax
Email: nfnena@sover.net
http://www.nativeforest.org
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>I believe there are numerous such towns, but I can point you to a few. In
>Massachusetts (US), when the Quabin reservoir was built to supply water to
>Boston, several towns were submerged. I believe that some books and
>articles have been written about them (Massachusetts is a very
>literature/history oriented place). I do not have any titles, but you
>could also search for Quabin on the web and/or speak to research librarian
>at Boston Public Library.
>
>Other leads: I am fairly sure that some towns were submerged as part of the
>numerous projects of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for power
>generation/flood control/navigation. Books have certainly been written
>concerning TVA's history, but once again I do not have specific cites. If
>you can not otherwise find anything, you could also try TVA itself.
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>Finally, the Columbia River dams in Washington/Oregon/British Columbia
>(US/Canada) typically did not involve a high ratio of area to volume for
>flooding (since they were typically placed in steep valleys). Still, I
>think the Bonneville Dam did require relocation of at least one town. You
>could seek information from the US Army Corps of Engineers that built the
>US dams; their national headquarters in no doubt in the Washington DC area,
>but their regional office is in Portland, Oregon.
>
>Good luck.
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