| Greer's Ferry Dam was built on the Little Red River in north central Arkansas between 1959 & 1963. A concrete straight gravity dam 1704 ft. long and 249 ft high, it was built for the Corps of Engineers by a joint venture of Morrison-Knudsen, H. J. Kaiser and Johnson-Drake-Piper. The Flood Control Act of 1938 approved the dam as part of a long range, 4 dam program for development of the White River Basin. It was preceded by Norfork, Bull Shoals and Table Rock dams on the White River. Congressional amendments in 1954 broadened the scope of the Greer's Ferry project to include power generation. |
©MHuntington April 1960 looking west from concrete loading dock showing keyway and headtower |
©MHuntington April 1960 looking east toward river management dikes |
©MHuntington Visitors Day June 1960 view from the cableway control cab |
©MHuntington Visitors Day June 1960 view from the cableway control cab |
photographer unknown
detail from the previous photo
4th from left: Dobie Tharp, bellboy
far right: Whitey Wixson, project manager
Can you identify others?
Waiting for permission to reprint photo by Arkansas Democrat |
left to right
R.E. Martin, project engineer Whitey Wixson, project manager Lincoln Sherman, resident engineer |
Corps of Engineers Photo
May 1961
photo of unknown origin
main dam is 85% complete
Last updated 1 Jan 2002
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