Sunday, June 22, 2025

Dam Near Saluda Will Provide Electric Power, June 25, 1925

A contract for a great dam near Saluda has been let. It will cost $1.7 million to complete the dam, water tunnel, and plant to be erected. The dam will be 172 feet high. The water will then be conveyed by a 10-foot tunnel 500 feet lower down the mountain, making a pressure equivalent to a 700-foot head of water. The plant will generate 50,000 horse power.

From the front page of The Chatham Record, Pittsboro, N.C., Thursday, June 25, 1925

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