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Gehman vs. Goliath: “No” to flooding part of the Valley for a dam

May 2, 2014 – 10:57 am

In 1963, the United State Army Corps of Engineers published plans to build 16 large dams along the Potomac River and its tributaries, including one at Brocks Gap on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, about 15 miles north of Harrisonburg. The Army Corps’ goals were noble enough: to spare Washington D.C. from the ...More