But what’s truly haunting is the tunnel’s unsettling history. In the 1940s, to facilitate the construction of Fontana Lake and Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) assured approximately ...

FONTANA DAM – N.C. 28 in northern Graham County has ... “We are delighted to have it open again so quickly after such a large slide,” said Ted Adams construction engineer for the N.C ...

Started in January 1942, the 480-foot-high Tennessee Valley Authority dam was completed in 1944. With work 24 hours a day seven days a week, construction of the massive concrete structure was done ...

Fontana Village has aged comfortably in the last 68 years. ... but they still are recognizable as the structures that housed married workers for the construction of Fontana Dam during World War II.

Having spent her high school years at the Fontana Dam construction site, Doris was a proud founding member of the Fontana Dam Kids and joyfully coordinated their yearly reunions for over 25 years.

After previous commitments fell short, the Interior Department last week paid the county $35.2 million to settle a 1943 pledge to rebuild roads flooded by Fontana Lake. The lake's dam, for which ...