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Summersville Dam to Rise 355 Feet in Kanawha Basin Plan
U S Army Engineers choose Rucker Bend in Gauley Gorge to build Summersville Reservoir the largest rockfill dam east of the Rockies costing 45 million dollars. The project aims to tame the Gauley for flood control and water conservation with 803 square miles of drainage, plus two massive western rim dikes and a 14 mile lake.
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Rucker Bend
West Virginia
Roaring
Gauley River
Here
Rockies
Summersville
Kanawha Basin
Bluestone
Hinton
Sutton Reservoir
Sutton
Huntington District
Milboro
Japan
Brownlee
Hells Canyon
Muskingum (Ohio
New River
Giles County
Connecticut
Elk River
Charleston
Etataiienemmemerre
Cane
Hazel
Kanawha River
Pittsburgh
Toronto
Ontario
Corps of Engineers
Ohio Valley