Talk:Kentucky Dam
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[edit] Water level
The 2005 Paducah Sun article gave the head as 58 feet at the dam on Tuesday before the article: 360 feet above sea level above the dam, 302 feet below the dam, and 290 feet at Paducah. Is there a source for max, min and average water levels at the dam? The article says a dam failure would result in flooding "low-lying areas along the Tennessee River that normally flood during high water levels." But how would an "unlikely" 50 foot wall of water compare to the 1937 flood?
[edit] Recent addition
There was a recent addition that does not have a reference and does not seem of encyclopedic importance in comparison to the other info on the dam, so I have moved it here: "The dam, which is considered one of the enigneering wonders of the modern world, was conceived and designed by Charles Dees. The land for the project was purchased from Kenneth Hansen, who was a whiskey bootleger, operating a ring between Kentucky, Chicago, and Minneapolis." A quote from some reliable source stating that it was a wonder would be ol, but it is considered "peacock words" to boast about something without a reference. Other construction project or engineering projects do not wstate who the land was bought from, and Dees is not listed elsewhere as the lone person who "conceived and designed it." Googling "Charles Dees" along with :Kentucky Dam" produces no results. There would have to br s good reference which is reliable and verifiable to include a mention of him as conceiver or designer. Edison 23:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
