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PSF: RANKIN, John E.
Box 176
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PSF: John E. RANKIN
Box 176
PSF: Rankin
THE WHITE
WASHINGTON HOUSEVA copy guankin Mantain
November 15, 1934.
GIVE THIS TO PRESIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
TO HAND TO CONGRESSMAN RANKIN WHO WILL
BE ON THE TRAIN.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
42 October 8, 1934.
42
MEMORANDUM FOR
CHAIRMAN MORGAN - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
(John8)
(Lapelo- miss.)
Congressman Rankin wants to
know if we can start to clear the
ground for the Pickwick Dam. He
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wants the Dam to go at Cooks Landing
which he says 1s better than Pickwick
Landing, as the Dam would be only
two-thirds as long. What can I tell
him?
F. D. R.
THE
100.b
tennéssee VALLEY AUTHORITY
KNOXVILLE, tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
November 12, 1934
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. President:
In reply to your memorandum requesting information for Congress-
man Rankin on the possibility of starting to clear the ground
for the Pickwick Dam, may I say that we think the dam should
be at Pickwick Landing rather than at Cooks Landing. The
disadvantages of the Cooks Landing site may briefly be stated
as follows:
1. An additional lockage for navigation and the corresponding
added operating expense.
2. The loss of six feet of power head for the entire Tennessee
River flow at this point.
3. The Pickwick reservoir has much greater storage possibili-
ties for flow regulation.
4. The production of primary power at Cooks Landing would
cost nine per cent more than at Pickwick.
Respectfully submitted,
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Arthur E. Morgan
Chairman of the Board
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