Making a Lake in the Ozarks: Bagnell Dam Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings documenting the construction of the dam, including the abandonment of the town of Linn Creek, [Mo], establishment of Camdenton, [Mo], and the controversy over the alleged damage to nearby Hahatonka Lake.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1937
Rights Statement
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Biographical / Historical
The Lake of the Ozarks is a large man-made reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in central Missouri in the northern part of the Ozarks. The lake was created by the construction of the 2,543-foot long Bagnell Dam by Union Electric Company of St. Louis, Missouri. Construction began August 6, 1929, and was completed in April 1931. The principal engineering firm was Stone and Webster.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Newspaper clippings documenting the construction of the dam, including the abandonment of the town of Linn Creek, [Mo], establishment of Camdenton, [Mo], and the controversy over the alleged damage to nearby Hahatonka Lake.
- Title
- Bagnell Dam Scrapbook: Making a Lake in the Ozarks: 1933-1937
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Brooke Culler
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
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Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701 United States
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