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f PAGE FOUR Graham C ' 1 The Tapoeo pl;r t of the Tallas 100,000 horsepower. The dani m> left the power-house is shown. The < Dam More Than Mile In Length Is Dein^ Built ALUMINUM CORPORATION OF AMERICA IS BEHIND PROJEC'T IN SWAIN AND GRAHAM 1000 Men I ii.^ i >eti DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF BIG C.F.ST AND MOST COMPLETE IN ENTIRE U. S. By Robert Bunnell! in The Asheville Times Robbinsville. Ault_ 7 -A ir^ranfi development of hydro-electric power in western North Carolina, centering about, the Cheoah and Little Tennessee rivers in Graham and Swain coun ties, has teen started by the Tallassec Power Company, a subsidiary of thi Aluminum Coronation of America, The development is one of the largest and most complex in America and will eventually represent an outlay ol more than a hundred million dollars. The development consists, of four principal projects, one of which has been completed for sometime. Another is under construction and the third and fourth arc proposed with dam sites selected. The projects are: 1.?A dam at Tapoeo across the Little Tennessee river, with a power house that is capable of producing 3 00,000 horse-power daily. The dam and power house have been completed for some ears and cost more than $20,000,000. A lake more than seven miles long is formed by the dam. 2.?A dam at Santeetlah, on Cheoah river, in Graham county, diverting the waters of Cheoah river six miles across mountains and valleys into Little Tennessee river through flumes and tunnels. This project is under construction. The dam will be completed in two years, the tunnel in three. A power house is being constructed at Rhymers Ferry or the Little Tennessee where Chec-ah rivei will be brought in. The diversion ol water will increase the power potentialities at Tapoco. 3.?A- dam across the Little Ten; nessee river and a power-house at Calderwood, several miles below Tapoco. A site has been selected for the dam, hut no definite decisions fas to its erection have been made. 4.?A dam across the Little Tennessee river and a powerhouse at Fontana, eleven miles above Tapoco dam and four miles above Rhymers Ferry. A site /or the dam has been selected and the rock on both sides of the river hss been cleared for its construction. A fourteen mile lake will be formed. The entire development will be linked with Asheville by a new highway now under constuction and to be completed January 1, 1927. The highway leads from Asheville to Knoxville through Bryson City and Maryville Tenn. From Noland's creek, above Bryson City, the WghWraMMt"1!1 ii "i 'i-v * ' - - - !ounty Po w< sec Power company a s-.ihsidiarv > f the ?ie than 500 feet long and 195 feet hi. h am was built across the Tattle Tetino?<oi . -.si - :<J^jpa Above is shown Lake Tapoco, look mountains, is fed by the Little Tennes. md the Cheoah dam will be some six ; ^ ' In the center of this picture, at will he constructed the Fontana dam, way follows the valley of the Tucknsegee river. It is being elevated to run high along the -ide of the mountains in order that it will be out ? the way wher. Fontana dam is comp'rted. The Tallassee Power company, in preparation for the construe, tion of the dam and power house, i: be irtng the extra expense of running the now roadbed higher up the mountains. It has an elevation of more 1 than 500 feet, most of the way along the liver, and will circle the lake 1 f rined by Fountana dam. That lake will be fourteen miles long and reach from Fontana back nearly to Bush. nell. Beautiful Scenery On HighwMy At Bushnell, the toad follows th little . Tennessee Valley, climbing ' higher up the mountain to avoid backwater from the proposed dam through Dogwood and other gaps in the lower spurs of the Great Smoky mouiiuiitis. ai luagie ?*reek the road comes hack near the little Tennessee and follows the valley around Tapoc<? lake to Twenty Mile creek, where it starts climbing: up the main Smoky range. At the top of the mountain it passes through Deal's gap joining a highway from Knoxville that is Seeing perfected by the state of Ten nessee. Some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in America will be visible from the road, which is to open up the power developments of fhe Tallassee power company to the j I outs'do world. i The dam across the Cheoah river at Sontcetlah is probably the most in. Want of the power company's 1 developments. It will be built of 1 I concrete in the shape of a crescent, : I with the bow unstream. In order to 1 [buck up the water necessary. It isjl jfcfc teir-Sdhih-**Si-? THE CHEROKEE S sr Project t HBfe fT 'W-r *"V*r. v klim.imin! tors'-uation or Ami'! I ;n?J Lake Tapooo, behind the l;- I river several years ago. . r*. , A. ?. j? v^v:V ;* -??----jing toward the dam. The lake, surr ? see river. The Fontar.a dam is to he miles away. the i iyrht. of the bend the Little Tenr.ewhich is expected to form a lake some to 1 7.2<H- feet?-more than one an i one-fourth miles long and will be 255 feet high. It will be forty feet thick ::i the hase and twenty at the top. The lake it will fo. ni will be twenty three miles long, reaching nearly to Robbinsville, and the lake will have a cm o. j'c.'dive 100 miles. Nearly thousand men are at work on the Cheoah project in its various phases. It will take eighteen months to pour the concrete for the huge dam whi n that work is begun. Meanwhile the flowline of the lake is being cleared, the tunnel and powerhouse constructed. Tunnel To Cost $3,000,000 The tunnel will coat more than $3,000,000 and will require three years f.<r completion. It is to be twelve feet in diameter and in places must run through solid rock. It will empty above the Little Tennessee at Rhymers Ferry 600 feet above the present level, giving the water at the powerhouse under construction there a head of 600 feet, through steel chutes to the turbines. Sixty thousand horsepower will he generated at this powerhouse. The water will he used again below at Tapoco where it will increase ^ ?? nvnu til. IflpOCn 1> iwe '-house by 60,000 horsepower, making a potential 160,000 horsepower. The Cheoah project will coat a-proximately $26,000,000, it is expected. The Cheoah dam is to he more than ten times as long as Tapoco dam and 'lightly higher. The Tapoco dam is 105 feet high and more than 500 feet ong. The Fortana darn, which is t> !>e constructed within the next few /ears will be similiar to Tapoco dam. ft will be approximately 500 feetj ong and about as high as the exist COUT. MURPHY. N. C. o Exceed V ' J* >ir HpV t- a Jail> {Kiwcr p.uduction ... . : ' i!? , : ig. At the ' " ii*$* aft*.* ' iaS -?* FT*" ?<" * " ' \ " built at the head of I?nko Tapoco see. may be seen a cleared spot wher. eleven miles long. ing dam. It will generate the san . quantity of power, approximate! and is expe-c ed to cost about tl same sum. i'he possibility for tl dam at Calderwood. is a little less a sured than the others, it is unde stood, although a site for it has bet selected . It would be similar to tl Hon tana and Tapoco projects an cost the same amount of money. Plan Three Power Houses Power houses are to he located : Fontana. Rhymers Ferry, and at Ca dciwood, under the full program construction. Should this be carrit out?and there is little doubt that will he?the waters of the Little Tei nessec, augmented by Cheoah rive \ .?uld be used four times for the gei cration of power. The total volume of power gene, ated by all 4 projects will h?? tning more than 360,000 horsepowei o enough to keep burning 36,000,00 fifty-watt incandescent lights twentj four hours each day. Most of th power is to be utilized by the Alum inum Corporation of America at. it plants at Maryville, Tenn. A quan titv of it, however, will go to Knox vilie and other Tennessee cities. Wil son dam, at Muscle Shoals, Ala., nov generates 260,000 horsepower daily Combination of the gigantic powei development, with the constructor of the roads through the tip of Western North Carolina, is expected tc bring about an unprecedented industrial development of that section. The copper mines, the forerunners of other industries, are already under operation. One is operated on Eagle creek by the Fontana Mining corporation and the other is located at Hazel creek and has been closed temporarily. The ore is high in assay and Wilson Dam I fcw- Wl ^ ym h.-. ": r - VI ' ^ !. -f v.. v.':!! -t.'.r! \V.t< IWriHfTflr^ .J* .\|itiro\iniat. ! '.1)00 i \ teet'.in ami are enuairei !n i i.-t u. the is shown ir: the picture v-.-. The giant concrete-mixing plant :l of materials for the construction of t hi he consumed in pouring the concrete. I iiEjI mmMm s p Above is shown a section of the cou s ion with a tunnel, will divert water fror The conduit will rest on the pill&r show The Asheville Times. " the veins are believed to be connect- ol " ed with those at Ducktown, Tenn. to \ V f By my announcement disappear-, bt i ing in the Scout some thought that I ' had withdrawn from the race for, (? i Register of Deeds, but such is not ? the case. I am in the race to the finish. Your suport and influence i will be highly appreciated. y Yours very truly, I (fi0-4t-b) W. A. BOYD. I NOTICE i I 1 hereby announce myself as a I Candidate for the Office of Sheriff I FRIDAY. AUGUST 20. I?26 'roduction 1 t V ^ * L__ .1 l; UM 't i'l li:c t<-ll>;. ' l'h?Qjh J : are .<\ ?>t ma en nt tf* i I. ami a t|li -rt v leu.. j I i- the eors.tiUcti.il at Sais oi" the t"ht'?'..h la A partui Ihove is being use?l in the preptnti" e Cheoah dam. Eighteen months^ - ? I pa^B irse (?f conduit, whi.'h. ?n t^" n Cheoah river int<> l ake Ta^^B , n ?t the left.?Phot??> CoorU^^B Cherokee County. N. C, M the Republican Primary macl -ntion. All favors chowtt jS with ? appreciated. ^B and This 7th day of June 1 '26- Taco >0-tf) R- 'he ir jB i'hau P%tTuBITTPTiiB w?yTjkl the . tssi x homa
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