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	Fontana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fontana (Meride), a settlement in Meride in the Canton of Ticino
		Fontana (Biasca), a settlement in Biasca in Val Pontirone in the Canton of Ticino
		Fontana (Cavergno), a settlement in Cavergno in the Canton of Ticino
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fontana (209 words)

	Graham County North Carolina -- Fontana Dam Two
		This is Fontana -- a dam and its lake, a community and its recreation, a story of courage and human endeavor.
		Fontana was not designed as an overflow dam so it has a somewhat distinct appearance.
		Built in just over three years, during a time of historic shortages of steel and manpower, the Fontana project is a fascinating account of dam construction in the remote reaches of deep forest and tall mountains.
	www.main.nc.us /graham/fontanad.html (999 words)

	TVA: Fontana Reservoir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The highest dam east of the Rocky Mountains, Fontana is on the Little Tennessee River in western North Carolina.
		The Fontana Dam Visitor Center is is open to the public from 9 a.m.
		Fontana Dam is 480 feet high and stretches 2,365 feet across the Little Tennessee River.
	www.tva.gov /sites/fontana.htm (327 words)

	Welcome To Hidden Creek Cabins
		Fontana Lake has been called the best kept secret in the mountains.
		More than 90 percent of the land around the lake is owned by either the Great Smoky Mountains National Park or the US Forest Service and shoreline development has been kept to a minimum.
		When completed in November, 1944 to produce electricity for the war effort, the 480 foot high dam became the highest in the Eastern United States and the fourth highest in the nation.
	www.hiddencreekcabins.com /fontanalake.html (281 words)

	Smoky Mountain News \| Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fontana Dam is the tallest concrete gravity dam east of the Rocky Mountains and has three generating hydropower units with a total capacity of 250,000 kilowatts.
		However, according to Lance Holland, local historian and author of Fontana: A Pocket History of Appalachia, it was not the TVA and the war effort that precipitated the need to build huge hydroelectric dams deep in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
		The greatest effect the Fontana Dam project had on Swain County locals was the flooding of communities such as Proctor, Bushnell, Hazel Creek and others and the displacement of more than 1,300 families.
	www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/10_02/10_09_02/out_mtn_marvel.html (1064 words)

	Fontana Lake and Fontana Dam at Fontana, North Carolina
		Fontana Dam is located in Western North Carolina and is the highest Dam in the Eastern United States.
		An ideal location was chosen for Fontana Dam that provided for the harnessing of a large and complete tributary system of streams for a lake bordered by tall mountains in an area that had an average annual rainfall of 75-80 inches.
		Visitors are treated to great views of the dam, the water discharge tunnels and the scenic splendor of the lake and mountains from the Observation Deck and the Overlook.
	www.carolinaoutfitters.com /local-info_fontana.htm (679 words)

	TVA: Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		TVA had wanted to build a hydroelectric dam at Fontana since the early days, but an agreement with the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), which controlled the land, was elusive.
		Though some were of draft age—one sign at Fontana admonished, “Work or Fight!”—many were men a little too long in the tooth to worry about the draft, a lot of them veterans of World War I. By 1943, the number of workers had grown to approximately 5,000.
		By then Fontana had a beauty parlor and a barber shop; a basketball court and a softball field; a post office, library, grocery, and soda stand; a dentist’s office and a small hospital; a movie theater; a school with a dozen teachers and 300 students; even a tiny jail.
	www.tva.gov /heritage/fontana (1131 words)

	Good Life Cabins - Fontana Trails
		Fontana Village offers great hiking and biking - a bit more challenging than the Tsali Trails.
		Fontana Village also offers a ropes course, mini golf, tennis, softball, swimming and a host of indoor activities as well.
		Fontana Dam and Lake serve several purposes, chief among them being flood regulation and power production.
	www.goodlifecabins.com /fontanatrails.html (429 words)

	Fontana Dam N.C. - WhiteBlaze
		Fontana Dam N.C. A word of advice for early thru-hikers that don't use maildrops.
		The hotel rooms are a great deal for thru-hikers tho as they are only around 25 bucks for thru-hikers and the hostel is I think 15 which allows dogs (which you'll have to have shuttled around the smokies at this point anyways).
		Another note here is that Fontana Village is dry and it cost me and Yang (from hikers yin and yang) 60 bucks for a case of beer since we had to pay to be shuttled into Bryson.
	www.whiteblaze.net /forum/showthread.php?p=4396 (280 words)

	Fontana Lake Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Weather, Map and Attractions
		Fontana Lake is 29 miles long and has more than 240 miles of shoreline — most of which has not been developed, with more than 90 percent of it being owned by either the National Park Service or the U.S. Forest Service.
		Fishing is excellent in Fontana Lake, due to its’ deep, cold waters that provide the ideal habitat for many species of fish.
		It was originally meant to be a road for the residents who had to give up their homes when the dam was built to have access to their ancestral gravesites, but the government never completed it.
	www.northcarolinavacation.com /regions/Fontana-Lake-North-Carolina.html (556 words)

	Smoky Mountain Cruise
		The water released from Thorpe Dam is contained in a tunnel where it is routed northward for several miles to the Tuckaseegee powerhouse.
		Between Franklin and Fontana Lake the Little Tennessee is a mix of mild and medium whitewater while the surrounding countryside is a mix of wilderness and farmland.
		Fontana is flanked by 6000' mountains in the adjacent Smoky Mountains National Park.
	www.mindspring.com /~louis3/Fontana/Fontana.html (1565 words)

	Fontana Lake and Fontana Dam in Graham County North Carolina
		Fontana Lake and Fontana Dam in Graham County North Carolina
		Fontana Dam, completed in 1944, stands 480 foot high and is the highest dam in the Eastern United States and the fourth highest in the country.
		In the normal operating cycle, the lake is drawn down during fall and winter months to provide ample space for winter rains, and is allowed to fill when danger of floods is passed.
	www.grahamcountytravel.com /activities_fontana.html (223 words)

	Fontana Lake and Dam in Western North Carolina.
		Fontana Lake and Dam in Western North Carolina.
		The highest dam east of the Rockies is located just 35 miles West of Bryson City, North Carolina.
		Chambers Creek, Eagle Creek, Forney Creek, Hazel Creek, Lands Creek, Nolands Creek, and Pilkeys Creek, which are tributaries that feed Fontana Lake, offer the trout fisherman a rare opportunity to catch native trout in creeks where few men have fished since the lake covered the communities, roads and townships that once thrived here.
	www.westernncattractions.com /attractn/fontana.htm (240 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Fontana Dam (U.S. National Park Service)
		At 480 ft., Fontana Dam is the tallest concrete dam east of the Rocky Mountains.
		Fontana Dam is located near Fontana Village, North Carolina.
		Fontana Lake offers boating and fishing and access to remote, historic areas of the park like Hazel Creek and Eagle Creek.
	www.nps.gov /grsm/planyourvisit/fontanadam.htm (227 words)

	Fontana Dam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fontana Dam is on the Little Tennessee River, near Robbinsville, North Carolina.
		At 480 feet, it is the tallest concrete dam east of the Rockies.
		In case the flood gates at the dam were not enough, this is literally an overflow.
	www.janandpat.net /dams/tva/fontanadam.htm (324 words)

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		It is based on the celebration of the children of the builders of Fontana Dam.
		Imagine what it must have been like to be the children of the workers who built the Fontana Dam.
		It was a brave new world to these children, but since it was the only world they knew, it seemed 'normal.' This was their ABNORMAL world they grew up in from 1942 until the dam was completed in 1945.
	www.wbir.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=26791 (740 words)

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		Fontana Dam is the highest of the TVA dams.
		There is a nice display in the visitor’s center and you can take the cable car down into the dam.
		This lake, like others in the area, was built by Alcoa Aluminum to supply electricity to the plant in Blount County near the Knoxville Airport.
	www.whitestoneinn.com /Fontana.htm (905 words)

	Boating, Fishing Fontana Lake, Fontana Dam
		Fontana Realty, a full service real estate firm in Bryson City, North Carolina, specializes in the sales of exclusive developer estate lots in the gated communities of Fontana Lake Estates.
		The story of its origin is effectively portrayed at the Fontana Dam Visitor Center (Open May to November, 9 am – 7 pm, daily).
		Because Fontana is a man-made lake (or reservoir), lake levels are controlled by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
	www.greatsmokies.com /fontana.asp (716 words)

	Fontana Village Resort. A Great Smoky Mountain Destination!
		The area's breathtaking mountain vistas and panoramic views from Fontana and Cheoah lakes provide memories to last a lifetime.
		The Village has a wide range of accommodations, including rooms in the intimate settings of The Lodge, suites, cabins, houseboats on Fontana Lake looking into the Smokies, as well as RV and tent camping on the beautiful Cheoah.
		Fontana Village offers comfotable accommodations for special interest groups.
	www.fontanavillage.com (272 words)

	A Little History of Fontana and the Dam Kids
		This community (Welch Cove, NC) was to accommodate an army of workers and their families for the construction of Fontana Dam.
		This dam was to be built for two primary reasons, flood control and to provide power for the World War II war effort.
		Especially what are now called the Dam Kids and the ensuing 15 years of reunions after a half century of hiatus.
	home.earthlink.net /~karij1/history.htm (446 words)

	Roland Wank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He went on to redesign the Norris Dam itself, taking the existing engineering proposal and simplifying its overall appearance, removing ornament, and pulling the structural masses into a more coherent and dramatic spatial composition.
		Although the original engineers were not pleased, the TVA Board was, and Wank went on to give a distinctively modern look to subsequent TVA projects like the Fontana Dam, the Chickamauga Dam, and the Hiwassee Dam.
		At the Fontana Dam, Wank collaborated with well-known industrial architect Albert Kahn on the design of "A-6" prefabricated house types in the workers' town of Fontana, North Carolina, meant to house 5000 workers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roland_Wank (257 words)

	Fontana Dam, Graham County, North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Fontana Dam is located in Graham County, North Carolina.
		The Appalachian Trail crosses Fontana Dam as it winds its way from Georgia to Maine.
		Highway 28 through Fontana, Highway 129 crossing Deal's Gap (Tail of the Dragon), and Highway 143 (Cherohala Skyway) also offer scenic views ranging from forest to mountain vistas.
	www.fontanadam.com (194 words)

	Fontana Lake, NC
		Fontana Lake is roughly 30 miles long and is at an elevation of around 1700'.
		From the end of Forney Creek on Fontana Lake, you can hike to Clingman's Dome and back to the lake in one day using the Forney Creek Trail but it's about a 25 mile round trip and a vertical climb of nearly 5000'.
		The North Shore of Fontana Lake is the largest tract of wilderness in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
	www.mtsu.edu /~yelverto/fontana.html (574 words)

	LocalHikes - fontana To Wesser AT
		We got a shuttle drop to the dam and returned to NOC for a shower.
		We hiked in reverse, from Wesser to Fontana.
		When you finish at Fontana Dam there are HOT showers.
	www.localhikes.com /Hikes/Fontana_to_Wesser_0000.asp (272 words)

	Fontana Dam and Lake
		Towering out of the North Carolina foliage, Fontana Dam is 480 feet tall, which makes it the tallest dam in the east.
		As a result, Fontana Lake provides 11,685 acres of water for recreation and industry.
		The power generated by the dam is used all over the area.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/12826/places/30264 (198 words)

	Any info on the fontana dam jam? - Ridemonkey.com
		i'm not going to be able to make the windrock or etsu race this month so i'd like to hit the dam jam but i can't find any info on which days have which races.
		The Dam Jam dates are July 30 - August 1.
		They had to build wells on the ds course and there was nowhere else to build a course.
	www.ridemonkey.com /forums/showthread.php?t=91766 (495 words)

	Cracking Dams: Fontana Dam, b
		The dam is located in North Carolina, USA.
		The Fontana Dam cracked on the dry side.
		Click here to see an animation of a crack growing in a gravity dam.
	simscience.org /cracks/beginning/fontana.html (86 words)

	Sierra Club Outing: Kayaking Fontana Lake in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park
		Fontana Lake is the boundary between Great Smoky Mountain National Park on the north and Cherokee National Forest on the south.
		The lake, created in the early 1940's by the TVA's construction of Fontana Dam, is 29 miles in length with over 240 miles of shoreline.
		Don, Bill, and Pat paddle the pristine and inviting waters of Fontana Lake.
	home.comcast.net /~cmorhiker/FontanaKayak.html (409 words)

	Shuttle: Fontana Dam to Deep Gap NC - WhiteBlaze
		My first choice would be a ride from near Fontana Dam south to Deep Gap.
		I used Jeff Hoch from The Hike Inn to shuttle me from his motel near Fontana, to the trail where it leaves Standing Indian Park.
		This was a few years ago, but I hear he is every bit as acommodating as back then.
	www.whiteblaze.net /forum/showthread.php?t=4803 (537 words)

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