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This updated edition of the 1979 original covers the landmark
struggle to save the New River from damming in the 1970s. The
grassroots movement emphasized the river's cultural and historical
value rather than narrow environmental issues and became one of the
great victories of the environmental movement. This edition also
includes a new epilogue examining the current ecological status of
the New River and the ongoing impact of the original conservation
efforts in the face of new environmental threats. The 1979 edition
won the Weatherford Award presented by Berea College and the
Appalachian Studies Association.
The Appalachian Power Company is an operating company of the
American Electric Power Company, the largest electricity producing
private electric system in the United States since 1953. The
Appalachian Power Company held almost exclusive development rights
along the New River since its 1911 charter. From then until the
1940s, it built a few small dams, a very large hydroelectric dam
with the highest generating capacity of its time, and the largest
steam plant in Virginia on the New River. Besides a few navigation
issues, conflicting developments, and brief clashes with the
federal government, the Appalachian Power Company's developments
along the New River went largely unchallenged until the late-1960s.
The Blue Ridge Project was the utility's next large hydroelectric
project on the New River. It was slated to impound the waters of
the upper New River in Grayson County, Virginia, with two
reservoirs extending into the river's headwaters in the counties of
Ashe and Alleghany in northwestern North Carolina.
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