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3 unusual facts about Wilson Dam


Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority

In Ashwander, the Supreme Court faced a challenge to the constitutionality of a congressional program of development of the Wilson Dam.

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Flooding of lower reaches of Shoal Creek by Wilson Dam and industrial pollution in upper reaches of the stream probably led to the loss of the population formerly present in Shoal Creek.

John Randolph Neal, Jr.

Neal took an active interest in the government's completion of Wilson Dam in Alabama in the early 1920s (one of the charges against him during the "Slaughter" incident was that he missed numerous classes while travelling to Muscle Shoals).



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