The makeover at Bluestone Dam has been a slow process – but the final part of the process is now underway.
Located on the scenic New River in southern West Virginia, the dam is a massive concrete structure built in the 1940s to reduce flooding across the state. It’s enjoyed a long history of success, preventing more than $6 billion in flood damages during its lifetime - but the ability of the dam to withstand a major storm was called into question in the late 1990s.
For 20 years the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has worked to bring the dam up to modern safety standards as part of its Dam Safety Assurance project.
That has been accomplished through four “Phases” of work, including building a massive concrete...
Thanks to the efforts of a team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) archaeological experts, artifacts from nine West Virginia project sites have been transferred to the Veterans Curation Program (VCP) from storage at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville, W.Va.
