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Whitney Power Plant Near Salisbury Drives Regional Development
A Pittsburg led group headed by George S Whitney begins a 10 million dollar project on the Yadkin River about 25 miles south of Salisbury to build a 50 000 horsepower plant the largest south of Niagara Falls. The Whitney company has created the town of Whitney and plans a canal dam and turbine complex with 2 000 000 cubic yards of earth excavation and a 38 foot high granite dam to supply power to 267 nearby mills and additional factories in the region.
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