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Hugo plans for water power dam in Oklahoma
Sizeable project aims to store 900 million gallons behind a 2000 foot long 260 foot high dam in McCurtain county creating a 200 mile circle lake. Project 53 of the federal water power commission with Hugo as main transmission hub would supply Oklahoma City Tulsa Dallas Fort Worth and numerous towns within 306 miles using multiple dams and penstocks under government supervision. Construction touted as the southwest’s largest engineering effort requiring vast labor and materials with completion not yet timed.
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Oklahoma Early
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Dallas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
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McCurtain County
Mountain Fork
Grestese
Federal Water Power Commission
W. T. Larrimore
Hugo Chamber of Commerce
Water Power Commission
Nowydawn
Feeumral
Darince
Bari
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Ardmore
Fort Smith
Wichitta
Pally
Fort Worth
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