Heads Up in Ky/Tenn

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SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is evaluating the significance of widening cracks on a highway that stretches across a massive dam in south-central Kentucky.

Allison Jarrett, spokeswoman for the Corps of Engineers' Nashville District, says repair work on a 600-foot section of Wolf Creek Dam won't resume until after test results are back in August. The Corps stopped work in March after movement was detected near where the concrete dam attaches to an earthen embankment.

Jarrett told The Commonwealth Journal of Somerset that the cracks could be caused by something as harmless as the weather or as significant as movement of the embankment.

The nearly mile-long structure impounds Lake Cumberland. Federal officials announced the repair project in 2007, noting that if Wolf Creek Dam fails, it could flood towns and cities down the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee.


http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/97004209.html

 

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[shorelinesearcher]

Can't say for sure but, I had heard that the lake impounded by that dam had been drawn down by more than 40' to prevent further damage to the dam, as well as, reduce the flooding dangers downstream. This was 2 or more years ago. I had talked to a few friends about going up there to prospect for sites that might have been covered by water when the lake was impounded. Never made it up that way but, can only imagine what might have been exposed.

mike

 

[ohio]

You cannot walk that stuff. The TVA or Army Corps or Wildlife officers will nail you.
Chuck+

 

[shorelinesearcher]

Thought had crossed my mind that may have been the case, would have inquired before going, but never went further than just talking about it.

thanks for the headsup!

mike