Show record breaking dams are constructed during the year the kentucky darn on the tennessee river near paducah became the dam in operation under the tennessee valley authority its mile reservoir longest in TVA provides 44 million acre teet of water storage space which would be enough to absorb two wet ot offis mississippi sis sippi river flood crest at cairo Illi noli neat nearing ing completion ji Is fontana larg largest eit and highest darn dam in r the eastern united states on the little tennessee river in north car olina it Is the only other TVA dam now under construction biggest rolled flu fill earthen dam tn in the world Is the denison texas dam on the tied lied river completed early in the year by army engineers its acre lake backs 60 80 miles up the red river to lo gaines ilelle ville texas and 60 miles up the washita riv river er to okla to save oklahoman Okla homas cumberland oil field the washita was detoured by construction of 4 miles of dikes californian vast power and irrl gation gallon program m oved forward as aa the last concrete was poured on shasta second highest dam in the world feet water from the friant dam in the san joaquin valley began on june 4 to pour through the now new madera canal army engineers completed the concrete norfork dam anthe on the north fork river in arkansas to supply power and control floods in northern arkansas and southern thern missouri |