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mechanism Flood Control Act of 1938 — “authorized civil engineering projects such as dams , levees , dikes , and other flood control measures through the Unite…”

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The Flood Control Act of 1938 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that authorized civil engineering projects such as dams , levees , dikes , and other flood control measures through the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies . It is one of a number of Flood Control Acts passed nearly annually by the United States Congress .

Projects covered by the Act (partial list)

Dams

Blue Mountain Dam (begun 1941; completed 1947)

Bull Shoals Dam (begun June 1947; completed July 1951)

Coralville, Iowa , dam forming Coralville Lake (begun 1949; completed 1958)

Delaware (Ohio) Dam (begun 1947; completed 1951)

Denison Dam

Green River Lake Dam, Kentucky (begun April 1964, completed June 1969)

Kinzua Dam (begun 1960; completed 1965)

Norfork Dam (begun 1941, completed 1944)

Raccoon Creek dam in Parke County, Indiana , forming Mansfield Lake (begun October 1956; completed July 1960). Mansfield Lake was renamed Cecil M. Harden Lake in 1974.

Dale Hollow Lake Dam, Tennessee (begun 1938, completed 1943)

Shenango River Dam (begun 1963; completed 1965)

Wappapello Dam and Lake Wappapello on the St. Francis River . Wappapello Dam was dedicated in June, 1941;Langdon R. Jones of Kennett, Missouri , delivered the dedication address at the request of Missouri Governor Lloyd C. Stark .