JANUARY 23, 2017-- Turn, Turn Turn: 1942-- June 1942. "Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. Workman opening valve on a new pipeline of Fort Loudoun Dam, farthest upstream of the TVS'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 55 miles upstream of Knoxville.. This 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." Alfred Palmer, OWI.
JANUARY 16, 2017-- Big John: 1942-- November 1942: "Pittsburgh (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Cone Company. Coal miner waiting to go underground." John Collier, OWI. The miner is a black man. Everyone doing their part for the war effort.
What Made America Powerful. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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