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Paperback Jordan Lake Book

ISBN: 0738585947

ISBN13: 9780738585949

Jordan Lake

(Part of the Images of America: North Carolina Series)

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In 1945, Hurricane 9 rocked the Carolinas, severely flooding and incapacitating the New Hope Valley area. As a result, Congress directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study water resource needs in the area. Originally named the New Hope Project, it received funding in 1963, and construction began in 1967. In 1974, after lake supporter Sen. B. Everett Jordan passed away, the lake and dam were renamed in his honor. The senator never saw the lake...

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