A view of the Hiwassee dam site from the air. The tough, practically seamless grcywackc rock is now being laid
bare and may be seen in the upper left portion of the picture. The town is on the right side of the river.
The Hiwassee Ham
Model town is being built which will become
home to a thousand or more workers. Many
other interesting features in connection
with tremendous project.
By J. It. IIICK 14 \
I
HIWASSEE DAM, North
Carolina’s newest community,
is perhaps the most modern
and best planned of any in the Stale.
Created ns if by magic by the Ten¬
nessee Valley Authority in the heart
of the virgin mountain forests of
Western North Carolina, the village
will become home to a thousand or
more workers who late this spring
are to begin pouring a concrete wall
to harness the turbulent Hiwassee
River.
Between 200 and 300 persons, most
of them employed in the construction
and maintenance division of the
TV A, have been on location for the
past year, clearing the thousands of
acres that will he covered with water,
and building roads and buildings pre¬
liminary to assembling machinery,
men and materials for erecting the
dam.
Town Overlooks the Dam
The town is situated on a 250-foot
elevation overlooking the dam site,
which is IS miles from Murphy over
the Unnka route, and 13 miles from
Turtletown, Tenn., over a highway
constructed by the TVA. Taking
advantage of the natural beauty of
the rugged surroundings, those plan¬
ning the community have provided a
veritable Alpine village.
Well laid streets are lighted, and
attractive lawns have been planted
in front of modern homes. Civic
and social life of the people will
center in the great community build¬
ing, located tatween six dormitories
for unmarried workers and the resi¬
dences for families. In this plant are
located the school, church, postoffice,
police and fire departments, library,
auditorium, commissary, drug store
and lounge. Nearby is a 17-bed hospi¬
tal staffed with two doctors and
several nurses, to provide medical
care for the workers and their
families.
Social, civic and athletic clubs are
to l*c emphasized in this model vil¬
lage, and self-cduention will be en¬
couraged through a library of nearly
2,000 volumes. Every educational ad¬
vantage is offered, ranging from an
efficient school to motion pictures and
other entertainments iu the audi¬
torium.
The men's dormitories have 52
rooms each, and can be occupied by
one or two unmarried persons at very
