Flood Control Act of 1938
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
- Bull Shoals Dam
- Coralville, Iowa, dam forming Coralville Lake
- Delaware (Ohio) Dam
- Denison Dam
- Green River Lake Dam, Kentucky
- Kinzua Dam
- Norfork Dam
- Raccoon Creek dam in Parke County, Indiana, forming Mansfield Lake. Mansfield Lake was renamed Cecil M. Harden Lake in 1974.
- Dale Hollow Lake Dam, Tennessee
- Shenango River Dam
- 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.