| Show record breaking dams are C constructed me dam on the tennessee river near paducah became the dam in operation under the tennessee valley authority its mile reservoir longest in TVA provi provides ides 4 wt million acre feet of water storage space which would be enough to absorb two feet of mi mississippi S sis sippi river flood crest at cairo illinois nearing completion is fontana largest and highest dam in the eastern united states on the i little tennessee river in north car olina it is the only other TVA dam now under construction biggest rolled fill earthen dam in the world is the denison texas dam on the red bed river completed early in the year by army engineers its acre lake backs 80 miles up the red river to gainesville texas and 60 miles up the washita river to ravia okla to save oklahoman Okla homas cumberland oil field the washita was detoured sl toured by construction of 4 miles of dikes during the year Cali fornias vast power and irrigation gati ion program moved forward as the last concrete was poured on shasta second highest dam in the th e world feet feel water from the th e friant dam in the san S an joaquin valley began on june 4 to pour through the new madera canal army engineers eng meers completed the concrete con crete norfork dam on the north fork river rivee in arkansas to supply pa power and control floods in northern arkansas and southern missouri |
