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Article: Bluestone Dam to mark 50 years with flood ...
Charleston Gazette;  March 22, 1999 ;     360 words ... ... AP) - The 50-year-old Bluestone Dam will soon be upgraded because ... prevention requirements. "When Bluestone Dam was designed and built ... scenario occur upriver from the Bluestone Dam, the structure would not ...

Article: Bluestone Dam safety contract awarded
Charleston Gazette;  June 8, 2005 ;     356 words ... ... phase of a project to shore up the Bluestone Dam near Hinton, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd has announced. "The Bluestone Dam Safety Assurance Project is making ... the repairs are completed at the Bluestone Dam, the better," Byrd said.

Article: Bluestone Dam needs repairs, Corps says
Charleston Gazette;  January 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The Bluestone Dam near Hinton needs a lot of work ... downstream. Built in 1949, the Bluestone Dam drains an area of about 4,500 square ... affect flooding downstream from the Bluestone Dam, because the communities downstream ...

Article: Officials get update on Bluestone Dam
Charleston Daily Mail;  January 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... that floodwaters would overflow the Bluestone Dam and head for the Kanawha Valley. The 60-year-old Bluestone Dam in Summers County is a concrete ... officials, said the maintenance to the Bluestone Dam was re- evaluated so that it would ...

Article: Senate passes $120 million for W.Va. flood control: ; ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  August 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... been expressed about problems with the Bluestone Dam and potential effects on the Kanawha ... Senate. The biggest winner is the Bluestone Dam. It will get $86.7 million for ... budget request to the Congress for the Bluestone Dam Safety project in Hinton. This funding ...

Article: Bluestone Dam contract awarded to S.C. company
Charleston Gazette;  May 28, 2004 ;     377 words ... ... Charleston construction company to begin work to stabilize the Bluestone Dam on the New River. Ahern and Associates was awarded the federal ... structural remedies, the sooner the repairs are completed at the Bluestone Dam, the better." The dam holds back the 1,970-acre Bluestone ...

Article: Bluestone Dam Undergoes Modernization For Better ...
The State Journal;  February 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... midst of a multiyear, multi-phase project to modernize the Bluestone Dam. To handle a worst-case probable maximum flood, the Dam ... River, it is the third largest impoundment in the state. Bluestone Dam has prevented approximately $1.6 billion in flood damages ...