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Fontana Dam Project

  • wcu_travel-143.jp2
  • This view of the 'Fontana Dam Project'� from the report by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 'The Fontana Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Fontana Project'� (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1950) shows an aerial view of the completed Fontana Dam in Graham County, N.C., and Swain County, N.C. as seen on page 11. Located on the Little Tennessee River, the dam was begun in 1942 and placed in operation in 1945.