Building Bull Shoals Dam

Part 2

General view looking upstream from below near office building. Pool elevation 497.0 upstream gauge. January 1, 1950

 For this part of the story, I'd like to let the photos, postcards, and captions tell the story. The photos and postcards are all part of my growing and rather extensive collection of historical Arkansas postcards, images, and ephemera. The captions were retrieved from the Corps of Engineers descriptions from photos posted online.

March 1, 1950
View looking upstream from left training wall along down stream side of monoliths 17 - 6 inclusive.

The field you see below the dam is now a golf course. That bridge is no longer there, removed after construction was completed. 

This is the downstream side of the dam. You can see where the White River was diverted on the right-hand side to allow for construction. On the hill to the left is where the Gaston Visitor Center now sits overlooking the dam.

Here, the dam is nearly completed. You can still see the bridge below the dam that connects both sides of the river. The postcard below shows much the same picture but the bridge has been demolished and the rest of the construction equipment on the dam is gone.

This postcard and the one below are before the dam was completed. You can see some phases of the construction. 

As you can see, the project was extensive and well-documented with photographs. 

Next time, the dedication of the dam.