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Sixty-five years ago this week, on Oct. 13, 1941, a small crowd gathered at the Glenville Dam (top) to mark completion of Nantahala Power and Light Co.’s (now Duke Energy’s) Glenville hydroelectric project. Completed in only 16 months, between June 1940 and October 1941, Glenville’s construction was rushed to increase the supply of electricity available to the Aluminum Co. of America’s plants in Alcoa, Tenn. With World War II raging in Europe, aluminum was desperately needed to for the airplanes American factories were churning out to aid the war effort in England and France. Though Jackson County has changed tremendously during the past six-plus decades, Monday’s current view (bottom photo) is relatively intact, with only the addition of pavement and guardrail – and the absence of vintage vehicles – preventing the two from being identical. NP&L changed the name of the lake and powerhouse to Thorpe in the 1950s, but the Glenville name was restored to the lake and dam a decade or so ago. – Photo courtesy of Fred Alexander/Duke Energy (top) and Herald photo by Nick Breedlove
Also see Power plant began generating 65 years ago this week
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